February 2011 - NPR Health Blog - The Network of Care

An Obscure Enzyme May Help Predict Which Cancers Will Spread

Researchers at the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development say they have a found a way to better predict which cancers will spread within a few years. The test, though intriguing, remains experimental. Read More...

Published Tue, Feb 01 2011 10:23 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

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

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

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

Homeopathic Medicine Overdosers Survive Unscathed

Magician and professional skeptic James Randi is challenging purveyors of homeopathic remedies to prove they work. And hundreds of people around the world took overdoses of the treatments to show they are inactive. Read More...

Published Mon, Feb 07 2011 12:55 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Should FDA Hold 'Me-Too' Drugs To A Higher Standard?

An editorial in a leading medical journal argues that society loses when drugmakers make too many medicines that treat illness in nearly the same way. The authors suggest a higher standard for approval of new brand-name drugs once a a cheap generic in...

Published Tue, Feb 15 2011 2:25 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Nearly 10,000 Kids A Year Injured In Cribs, Bassinets And Playpens

Falls are the biggest problem and caused two-thirds of injuries. Cribs accounted for 83 percent of the problems over the 19-year study period. About 1 in 5 injuries were concussions or other head injuries that didn't break the skin. Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 17 2011 6:36 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Men Who Lose Hair Young At Bigger Risk For Prostate Cancer

A study found men who reported any kind of balding in their 20s were twice as likely to be in a group being treated for prostate cancer. Men who said they didn't start losing their hair until their 30s or later didn't have a higher risk of the...

Published Wed, Feb 16 2011 8:34 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

New Contraception Rules Spark 'Conscience Clause' Debate

Religious exemptions that allow health care workers to decline certain services to patients if they have a religious exemption should not include contraception. That's the bottom line of the administration's new regulations on the "conscience...

Published Fri, Feb 18 2011 3:03 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Effectiveness Isn't Enough To Get Truvada Prescribed For Prevention

Sales of a drug to treat HIV haven't showed a big increase since a study showed it could also prevent infection. An annual cost around $13,000 could be one reason. Read More...

Published Mon, Feb 28 2011 12:57 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Best Route To Heart May Be Through Your Wrist

Some cardiologists are pushing for an alternate approach to snaking catheters into the arteries feeding the heart. Going through an artery in the wrist, instead of the groin, poses a lower risk of bleeding, they say. Read More...

Published Tue, Feb 08 2011 6:56 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Researchers Link Marijuana And Earlier Onset Of Psychosis

Australian researchers found that marijuana users who developed psychosis were 2.7 years younger than nonusers who became psychotic. Other sort of substance abuse sped up psychosis by 2 years, but alcohol alone showed no effect. Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 09 2011 5:57 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Drugs To Prevent Weak Bones Linked To Unusual Fractures In Women

The strange fractures that may be associated with certain osteoporosis drugs called bisphosphonates occur low on the thighbone, where the femur is usually strongest. Bone specialists say the benefits of the drugs still outweigh their risks. Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 23 2011 5:28 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Cigarettes, Even Smokeless Ones, Still Outlawed On U.S. Planes

Smokers of electronic cigarettes are making videos of themselves using the devices on airplanes, but the U.S. Department of Transportation says the smokeless cigarettes aren't welcome aboard. Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 24 2011 7:56 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

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