February 2011 - NPR Health Blog - The Network of Care

Your Health Podcast: From Concussion Prevention To Whoopie Pies

In this week's podcast, we'll hear about efforts to prevent brain injuries in high school athletes, catch up with MS patients undergoing a controversial new treatment, and hear a song about Maine's State Dessert-elect. Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 04 2011 3:05 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

How Long Moms Work Linked To Slight Increase In Kids' Weight

The link wasn't explained by other factors, including the amount of TV watched or the time of day moms worked. The weight gain was small, about a pound, and no reason for moms to feel guilty, the lead researcher says. Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 04 2011 12:34 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Federal Judge In Mississippi Throws Out Challenge To Health Overhaul

Now a federal judge appointed by a Republican has thrown out a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the federal health overhaul. The move marks a break from a trend of decisions that have gone along the party lines. Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 04 2011 9:29 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Consumers Claim Safeway Failed To Tell Them About Food Recalls

Two customers sued Safeway this week for failing to use data from their shopper loyalty cards to alert them about peanut butter and egg recalls. The suit raises questions about how those shopper cards are used to protect consumers. Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 04 2011 5:37 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Will Insurers Have To Offer Free Birth Control?

The White House is reportedly looking into whether under the Affordable Health Care Act, it can require insurance companies to offer free contraceptives and family planning as a preventive service. Experts say 50 percent of pregnancies in the U.S. are...

Published Thu, Feb 03 2011 2:27 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Women Docs Fall Further Behind On Pay

While more women are choosing medicine as a career, there's a pretty big gender gap in starting salaries, researchers have found. The explanation used to be that women entered less lucrative specialties, but that's not the case anymore. Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 03 2011 12:38 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Health Overhaul: You Want Fries With That?

Comedian Denis Leary got a dig in about Americans' health problems with a tweet that said more of us would be in favor of health overhaul if it came with a side order of fries. Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 03 2011 10:27 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Why Keeping Little Girls Squeaky Clean Could Make Them Sick

How girls are socialized may account for some disparities in the illnesses that affect them compared with boys. Young boys are more likely to be allowed to get dirty, which may expose them to more germs that help temper their immune systems. Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 03 2011 6:05 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Health Law: No Big Deal Or Congressional Overreach?

After a federal court in Florida declared the health law unconstitutional, esteemed legal scholars weighed in on the ruling at a Senate hearing Wednesday. The consensus? There was none, with scholars endorsing either extreme. Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 02 2011 1:55 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Evidence Builds On Fatal Side Effects From Cancer Drug Avastin

Patients on the best-selling cancer drug Avastin are much more likely to suffer fatal side effects than those just getting chemotherapy, a study finds. Even so, the overall risk of fatal problems is low at less than 3 percent. Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 02 2011 11:28 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Video Games May Make Girls More Helpful, But Only If Parents Play Along

Girls who play video games with Mom and Dad tend to be more helpful and less aggressive. The same can't be said for Junior. Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 02 2011 11:10 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Check Out The New Shots

Our goal is to make Shots more useful by presenting posts more clearly. We're also trying to make it easier for you to find other relevant posts and stories. Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 02 2011 10:17 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Republicans Move To Undo Restrictions On Flexible Spending Accounts

The federal health overhaul law imposed a variety of restrictions on flexible spending accounts as a way to boost government revenue. Now a backlash is brewing in Congress and bills to roll back some of the changes are getting traction. Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 02 2011 9:56 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Dogs Earn More Cred For Sniffing Out Cancer

In the last five years, dogs of different breeds and ages have shown over and over they can smell cancer on the breaht and in tissue samples from cancer patients. But scientists are still unsure about what the dogs are smelling. Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 02 2011 5:52 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Fla. Court Decision Plunges Federal Health Law Into Limbo

After a federal court declared the new health law unconstitutional, it's still unclear how far the ruling reaches. Still, the Obama administration says that it will continue to implement the law regardless of the pending legal questions. Read More...

Published Tue, Feb 01 2011 12:44 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

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