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Supreme Court Justices Ask: Can We Rule On The Health Law?

The court heard the first arguments in a historic three-day session that could decide the fate of the Obama administration's signature domestic achievement. At issue Monday: If the individual insurance mandate is a tax, some say the challenges to...

Published Mon, Mar 26 2012 9:43 AM by Shots - Health Blog
Uninsured Will Still Need The Money To Meet The Mandate

While the Supreme Court considers the legality of requiring individuals to purchase healthcare, others are questioning the economics of the mandate. Some worry that, even with government subsidies, it may be difficult to find the funds to pay for health...

Published Mon, Mar 26 2012 9:01 PM by Shots - Health Blog
High Court Justices Appear Split On Insurance Mandate

The U.S. Supreme Court's justices appeared split on whether the federal government can force people to buy health insurance. The court's conservatives appeared skeptical and unmoved by the government's arguments in favor of the mandate. Read...

Published Tue, Mar 27 2012 9:27 AM by Shots - Health Blog
Court Looks At Whether Mandate Can Separate From Rest Of Health Law

If the Supreme Court decides that Congress exceeded its Constitutional authority in enacting the part of the law that requires most Americans to either have health insurance starting in 2014 or pay a penalty, does that invalidate the rest of the law?...

Published Tue, Mar 27 2012 9:01 PM by Shots - Health Blog
Medicaid Expansion Caps Supreme Court Arguments

The key issue is whether the health law's expansion of the Medicaid program for the poor unfairly compels the participation of states. Many considered this to be the weakest part of the states' challenge to the health law, and during Wednesday...

Published Wed, Mar 28 2012 11:58 AM by Shots - Health Blog
How Your Brain Is Like Manhattan

The human brain may be just three pounds of jelly. But it turns out that jelly is very organized. New scanning techniques show that the brain's communications pathways are laid out in a highly ordered three-dimensional grid that look a bit like a...

Published Thu, Mar 29 2012 12:19 PM by Shots - Health Blog
Take Your Dog To The Office And Stress Less

Do you think you'd be less stressed out if you took your dog to work with you? Science agrees. Employees with dogs were less stressed out than their coworkers, new research finds. But it works only if the dog is polite. Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 30 2012 10:30 AM by Shots - Health Blog
Circumcision May Lower Risk For Prostate Cancer

Researchers found a 15 percent lower risk of prostate cancer among circumcised men than those who hadn't been circumcised. But the study doesn't prove that circumcision would work, though there're some reason to think it might. Read More....

Published Mon, Mar 12 2012 1:21 PM by Shots - Health Blog
Timing Of Birth Control Coverage May Differ For Students, Profs

Students aren't employees, and student health plans are generally individual policies that the students buy on their own, even if they're offered through the college. So mandatory coverage of birth control for students shouldn't be delayed...

Published Tue, Mar 13 2012 11:36 AM by Shots - Health Blog
Chill Out For A Better Workout

Getting hot and sweaty makes it hard for many people to keep exercising. A new study found that chilling people's palms while exercising helped them keep going. Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 14 2012 9:31 AM by Shots - Health Blog
Feds To Pay For Graphic Anti-Smoking Ads

These aren't the usual public service announcements. The $54 million "Tips from Smokers" campaign marks the first time the federal government plans to pay to run anti-smoking ads nationwide, Read More...

Published Thu, Mar 15 2012 8:54 AM by Shots - Health Blog
Supreme Court Will Release Same-Day Audio Of Health Care Arguments

The court said it is making the same-day audio available because of the "extraordinary public interest" in the health care cases. The legal challenges to the Obama overhaul law are to be argued for six hours over a three-day period at the end...

Published Fri, Mar 16 2012 11:51 AM by Shots - Health Blog
Health Care In America: Follow The Money

With the Supreme Court poised to hear arguments about President Obama's health law next week, the time seemed ripe for looking at the economic stakes. The public sector is a big part of the American health care industry, which now accounts for 18...

Published Mon, Mar 19 2012 1:58 PM by Shots - Health Blog
To Protect Children From Lead, Fix Pregnant Women's Homes

Lead poisoning in children can be reduced by cleaning up pregnant women's homes, according to a new study. That would be better than waiting until children are exposed to identify the problem, experts say. But the cleanups are expensive, and money...

Published Fri, Mar 02 2012 9:34 AM by Shots - Health Blog
We Asked: When Have You Changed Your Mind On A Fundamental Belief?

Presidential candidates hate the label "flip-flopper." But is inconsistency always a bad thing? NPR turned to Facebook and Twitter, and asked: "Can you point to a specific instance when you changed your position on a fundamental belief...

Published Mon, Mar 05 2012 12:58 AM by Shots - Health Blog

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