September 2011 - NPR Health Blog - The Network of Care

The 'Next Big Step': Preventing 1 Million Heart Attacks And Strokes

Federal officials say it's time to try harder on some proven approaches to reducing cardiovascular disease. Within five years such things as better treatment of high blood pressure could make a big difference. Read More...

Published Tue, Sep 13 2011 1:03 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Silence From Rep. Bachmann As Vaccine Challenge Expires

A bioethicist says Rep. Michele Bachmann was not able to meet his challenge and produce evidence linking the HPV vaccine with mental retardation. Read More...

Published Thu, Sep 22 2011 3:09 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Doctors Call For Pullback On Narcotics For Chronic Pain

An editorial published in the Archives of Internal Medicine says there's a troubling shortfall in the evidence to support the use of narcotics like Oxycontin for long-term treatment of pain. And, there's ample evidence of harm. Read More...

Published Fri, Sep 16 2011 2:26 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Cocaine Mule Busted In Sao Paulo

A man arrested Monday at an airport in Brazil had quite a bit of undeclared carry-on luggage: 72 bags containing almost a kilogram of cocaine inside his body. Read More...

Published Fri, Sep 16 2011 8:20 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Poll: Americans' Concern About Food Safety Drops

Fewer people in the U.S. are as worried about food safety now as they were a year ago, according to the latest NPR-Thomson Reuters health poll. Those with the lowest incomes reported the most concern about the safety of the food they eat. Read More.....

Published Mon, Sep 12 2011 1:19 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Pay For U.S. Doctors Is Tops

In 2008, the U.S. spent roughly $1,600 per person on physician care. The rest of the nations that belong to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, spent just over $300. Read More...

Published Thu, Sep 08 2011 8:06 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Federal Court Rejects Two Challenges To Health Law

A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed cases brought by Virginia Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli and Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. Read More...

Published Thu, Sep 08 2011 11:37 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

SpongeBob May Be Too Speedy For Preschool Brains

Children who watched the fast-paced cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants did less well on tests of attention and memory, according to new research. Children who watched a slower PBS show, and children who colored, did better. Other studies have show long-term...

Published Mon, Sep 12 2011 9:03 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

To Die Or Not To Die From Spontaneous Combustion

An Irish coroner says a man died from spontaneous combustion — the stuff of obscure legend and pop culture obesession. We ask a forensic pathologist whether spontaneous combustion is even possible. Read More...

Published Fri, Sep 23 2011 9:41 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Pediatricians Fact-Check Bachmann's Bashing of HPV Vaccine

The American Academy of Pediatrics said there is no validity to statements that a vaccine against cervical cancer is dangerous and can lead to mental retardation. Read More...

Published Tue, Sep 13 2011 2:54 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

USDA To Ban 6 More Strains Of E. Coli In Ground Beef

Meat processors warn the move will cause consumers to pay more for meat, but some large companies like Costco already require suppliers to prove their products are free from several strains of E. coli banned by the new rule. Read More...

Published Tue, Sep 13 2011 9:33 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Teens And Tweens Find They Too Need Vaccines To Attend School

The HPV vaccine has been attracting all the controversy lately, but dozens of states mandate that teens and preteens get other vaccines. California is in the midst of getting 3 million children immunized for whooping cough, in an effort to stop an outbreak...

Published Sun, Sep 18 2011 8:00 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

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