April 2011 - NPR Health Blog - The Network of Care

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

Germy Faucet Harbored Bacteria Fingered In Ala. IV Outbreak

An investigation into microbial contamination that led to blood infections of 19 hospitalized patients in Alabama has found a genetic match between bacteria cultured from a dozen infected patients and water samples from a faucet in a pharmacy that prepared...

Published Fri, Apr 08 2011 9:29 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Weight-Loss Drug Shows Promise In Yearlong Study

Nearly half of people taking the highest dose of the drug lost 10 percent or more of their weight over a year. Only 7 percent of people taking a dummy pill lost that much. Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 11 2011 12:55 PM 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

Jamie Oliver Helps Get LA Schools To Axe 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

Test Flags Babies With Autism, But Also Feeds False Alarms

A new test aims to identify 1-year-olds with autism — that's much younger than most kids are currently diagnosed. But it also flags many babies who don't have autism. Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 28 2011 1:07 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Your Health Podcast: Kids' Nutrition And A Mission To Get Moving

On this week's podcast we'll hear about bringing activity into sedentary lifestyles and bringing healthier, more local food into elementary schools. Read More...

Published Sat, Apr 30 2011 5:01 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Americans Like Their Health Care, But Think The System Stinks

A majority of Americans give the country's health system barely passing grades. Most people choose a hospital based on someone's personal experience than looking at quality ratings. Yet when it comes to surgeons, people are evenly split on whether...

Published Tue, Apr 12 2011 9:24 AM 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

Latest Smelly Johnson & Johnson Recall: Topamax

A chemical from wooden shipping pallets is believed to have tainted 57,000 bottles of Topamax, a medicine for epilepsy and migraines. Johnson & Johnson says the contaminant does not present a health hazard but can be offensive. Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 14 2011 8:55 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

1 in 4 Supermarket Meat Samples Tainted With Drug-Resistant Bacteria

A survey of meat and poultry sold in supermarkets across the country found widespread contamination with Staphylococcus aureus contamination — the cause of most staph infections in people. A quarter of the samples were tainted with bacteria resistant...

Published Fri, Apr 15 2011 8:30 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

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