March 2011 - NPR Health Blog - The Network of Care

Seniors Have Trouble Walking And Talking At The Same Time

A new study finds that older adults have trouble multitasking, while young people are pretty good at it. Older people might rethink how many things they try to do while crossing busy streets. Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 16 2011 2:11 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

An Artist Puts Diabetes On The Map

Novo Nordisk hired Denver artist Mark Cline to paint a mural in Washington's Union Station that depicts the toll diabetes is likely to take in the United States by 2025. Read More...

Published Thu, Mar 17 2011 7:32 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Johnson & Johnson Accepts Government Oversight Of Key Factories

The company's McNeil unit, marketer of such over-the-counter mainstays as Tylenol and Sudafed, has agreed to a consent decree with the federal government that will keep three factories firmly under the government's thumb for years. Read More....

Published Fri, Mar 11 2011 7:27 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Prescription Painkiller Use Linked To Serious Birth Defects

Women who use oxycodone, codeine and hydrocodone painkillers early in pregnancy may increase the risk of birth defects, including heart defects and spina bifida, according to a new study. Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 02 2011 11:54 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Tuberculosis Declines In The U.S., Affecting Mostly Those Born Overseas

Tuberculosis rates in 2010 were the lowest they've been since 1953 – when it first began tracking them. The disease now mainly affects people living in the U.S. who were born somewhere else. Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 25 2011 9:21 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Radiation Data Near Nuclear Plant Offers Little Cause For Concern

The first ground-level radiation measurements from within a 37-mile radius of the disabled Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant do not reveal any immediate health threat – and perhaps not even any health problems measurable decades from now, if levels stay...

Published Fri, Mar 18 2011 12:13 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Happy Birthday, Affordable Care Act!

As the federal law overhauling health care turns one year old, opponents and supporters are finding some creative ways to mark the occasion. Doughnut hole bake sale, anyone? Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 22 2011 10:54 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Tables Turned On Cancer Doc, Pot Shops Warned & Rx For OTC

Ripping a page from the traditional blog playbook, I bring you an old-fashioned roundup of health stories that might pique your interest. Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 09 2011 6:12 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Nearly 12 Million Americans Are Cancer Survivors

A report says nearly 12 million Americans are cancer survivors, up by more than 2 million since 2000. But doctors say there's a lot of work to be done in educating primary care doctors on how to care for them. Read More...

Published Thu, Mar 10 2011 2:43 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Elizabeth Taylor: An AIDS Activist To Remember

Taylor's legacy as an early, outspoken advocate for people infected with HIV will live on. Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 23 2011 1:54 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Rare Agreement On Abortion: South Dakota Law Makes Poor Test Case

A new law that imposes the longest waits for abortions in the country is vulnerable to constitutional challenge. Supporters of abortion rights have vowed to file suit. And abortion opponents are uncharacteristically mum. Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 23 2011 2:30 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

FDA Approves First New Lupus Drug In More Than 50 Years

The medicine, which will cost about $35,000 a year,calms overactive B cells, white blood cells that produce antibodies. In lupus, the immune system attacks a person's body as if it's a foreign invader. Read More...

Published Thu, Mar 10 2011 6:47 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Dems To GOP: Show Us Your Health Insurance

A bill introduced by House Democrats would require members of Congress to declare whether they are taking health benefits subsidized by taxpayers. The bill has next to no chance of passing because Republicans control the House. But its introduction puts...

Published Tue, Mar 15 2011 12:52 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

At Their Own Risk: What Will Happen To The Fukushima Workers?

There are just 50 workers left at Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, fighting against lengthening odds to prevent large amounts of radiation from leaking out. Experts say they can only guess what radiation doses these workers are absorbing...

Published Tue, Mar 15 2011 4:25 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

How Much Will Federal Health Law Cost States? Depends Who You Ask

A raft of studies have come out recently purporting to say how much the health overhaul will cost states. And they reach dramatically different conclusions on the subject. Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 02 2011 9:30 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

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