April 2011 - NPR Health Blog - The Network of Care

Your Health Podcast: Food Dyes And A Gross-Out Prize

Food dyes draw scrutiny from the Food and Drug Administration. Jogging may not cause knee trouble after all. And who, or what, gets the Shots' Gross-Out Award this week? Find out in this week's podcast. Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 01 2011 2:19 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Want To Play Spin The Budget?

Why answer simple questions about the federal budget briefly when long-winded treatises will do. A query about an apparent typo led to a full-throated Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 13 2011 10:54 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Jamie Oliver Helps Get LA Schools To Ax Flavored Milks

Jamie Oliver has been chastising the LA Unified School District for serving flavored milk on the current season of his television show. A glass of flavored milk has much sugar as a can of soda and kids drink a lot of it at school. Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 28 2011 6:29 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Health-Chair Reform: Walk, Don't Sit At Your Desk

As a backlash brews against the office chair, the treadmill desk is gaining a loyal following. Two treadmill desk users say that walking while working not only burns calories but makes them more productive and gives them more energy. Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 27 2011 8:19 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Harnessing The Senses To Trick The Palate And Improve Health

When the senses work together, signals in the brain are stronger and can break through the background noise and cause us to act, says an experimental psychologist at Oxford. Taking advantage of this power can make food taste better. Read More...

Published Sat, Apr 16 2011 6:00 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Religious Exemption In Health Law Lets Some Skip Individual Coverage

Being part of a health care sharing ministries means you're exempt from requirements of the new federal health care law. But it may also mean you're covered for expensive pre-existing conditions. Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 26 2011 8:09 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Pediatricians To Feds: Protect Kids From Toxic Chemicals

BPA may be bad for kids, but nobody knows for sure. Chemicals don't have to be tested for health effects before they're used in consumer products. Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 25 2011 10:24 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Obama Wants Medicare To Flex Muscle For Lower Drug Costs

President Obama laid out a plan for future fiscal policy that would reduce the costs of Medicare rather than transform the program. The proposal would wring savings from spending on pharmaceuticals and encourage the use of generic drugs. Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 13 2011 3:03 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Drug-Resistant Germs: Your Day Has Come

The World Health Organization is using the full power of its global bully pulpit today to draw attention to the growing problem of germs that are impervious to drug treatment. Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 07 2011 7:42 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Tainted Pork Is Latest Food Safety Scandal In China

Clenbuterol, a steroid sometimes taken by athletes to burn fat and grow muscle, has sickened hundreds of Chinese consumers in recent months after they ate pork meat contaminated with it. Many are still angry about the 2008 melamine milk scandal. Read...

Published Fri, Apr 29 2011 10:58 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

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Your Health Podcast: Food Dyes And A Gross-Out Prize

Want To Play Spin The Budget?

Jamie Oliver Helps Get LA Schools To Ax Flavored Milks

Health-Chair Reform: Walk, Don't Sit At Your Desk

Harnessing The Senses To Trick The Palate And Improve Health

Religious Exemption In Health Law Lets Some Skip Individual Coverage

Pediatricians To Feds: Protect Kids From Toxic Chemicals

Obama Wants Medicare To Flex Muscle For Lower Drug Costs

Drug-Resistant Germs: Your Day Has Come

Tainted Pork Is Latest Food Safety Scandal In China

Many Bullies Get Pushed Around At Home

New Proposal Aims To Cut Down On Hospital Infections

GOP Budget Plan Would Transform Medicare For People Under 55

Should Ban On Transplants Of HIV-Infected Organs Be Dropped?

Heart Attack Rates Declining, But Hospitals Lag On Providing Best Care