April 2011 - NPR Health Blog - The Network of Care

People Can Spread Herpes Easily, Even When Free Of Symptoms

Most people infected with the genital herpes virus pick it up from partners who do not show symptoms of infection. But not very many people without symptoms know they have the virus, and testing for it isn't routine. Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 12 2011 1:19 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

More Than Half Of Americans Take Dietary Supplements

More women than men take supplements. And women 60 and over take the most of all, especially when it comes to calcium and vitamin D. Overall, multivitamins are the most commonly consumed supplements. Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 13 2011 1:11 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Stillbirths Still Haunt Parents Around The World

Some 2.6 million babies are born with no signs of life after 28 weeks' gestation — what's known as a stillbirth — according to a collection of papers published online this week in The Lancet . Most happen in developing countries, but they haven't...

Published Thu, Apr 14 2011 9:14 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

New Zealand Honey Could Be Handy In Fighting Superbugs

Preliminary research suggests that honey made from the nectar of the New Zealand Manuka tree helps fight drug-resistant bacteria like MRSA. But don't run out and buy some just yet — much more research is needed. Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 15 2011 10:25 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Prominent Surgeon Resigns Post After Backlash Over Editorial

A distinguished vascular surgeon who was on tap to become the next president of the American College of Surgeons has stepped aside. In a publication for surgeons, he wrote a controversial Valentine's Day editorial that said semen had mood-enhancing...

Published Mon, Apr 18 2011 6:57 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

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

Getting the best heart attack care is still something of a crap shoot –- in the United States as well as Sweden, where a new study shows heart attack and survival rates dropping after best practices were implemented. Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 26 2011 1:49 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Where Is The Public On Medicare? Depends How You Ask The Question

Public opinion on Medicare seems to depend on how much people are told about the various proposals on the table, according to a study by the polling team at the Kaiser Family Foundation. Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 27 2011 1:18 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Mysterious Leprosy Cases Linked To Armadillos

Genetic studies have confirmed that some humans handling armadillo meat contracted a never-before-seen strain of the bacterium that causes leprosy. The armadillo is the only animal, besides humans, that is known to carry the bacterium. Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 28 2011 10:22 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

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

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