April 2012 - NPR Health Blog - The Network of Care

Drug Spending Levels Off, But Not For The Usual Reasons

Seniors are traditionally the biggest consumers of prescription drugs, but they aren't using as many. Greater use of generics also played a role in last year's slow growth. Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2012 1:51 PM by Shots - Health Blog

New Type Of Resistant Malaria Appears On Thai-Burmese Border

Malaria parasites resistant to the last, best drug treatment, called artemisinin combination therapy or ACT, are infecting people along the border of Thailand and Myanmar. And it arose independently of the resistant malaria found in Cambodia. Now health...

Published Thu, Apr 05 2012 3:10 PM by Shots - Health Blog

Study Warns Of Autism Risk For Children Of Obese Mothers

Half of the mothers in the study had a child with an autism spectrum disorder, while the rest had a child with a developmental delay unrelated to autism, or no developmental problem. But an author of the study says it's not clear whether there's...

Published Sun, Apr 08 2012 9:08 PM by Shots - Health Blog

Calif.'s Prescription-Drug Monitoring System Feels Pain From Budget Cuts

Dozens of states electronically track the prescriptions for powerful narcotics like Vicodin and OxyContin to root out pill-shopping patients and unscrupulous doctors. But in California, a relentless budget crisis is threatening that system and causing...

Published Tue, Apr 10 2012 12:43 AM by Shots - Health Blog

Panel Proposes A New Tax To Pay For Public Health

An Institute of Medicine panel says a tax of half a percent or so on medical transactions could help the nation's public health agencies tackle pressing goals, such as reducing adult obesity. In the long run, that could result in big savings in health...

Published Tue, Apr 10 2012 3:58 PM by Shots - Health Blog

Water In The Time Of Cholera: Haiti's Most Urgent Health Problem

Life for most Haitians is a constant struggle for clean water. And now that cholera has invaded Haiti, safe drinking water has become Haiti's most urgent public health problem. The disease has killed more than 7,000 people since late 2010. Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 12 2012 12:15 AM by Shots - Health Blog

Port-Au-Prince: A City Of Millions, With No Sewer System

Cholera was introduced into Haiti 18 months ago. So far more than a half-million people have gotten sick and 7,000 have died. Public health authorities say the disease will stay in the environment for a long time, because Haiti has the worst sanitation...

Published Fri, Apr 13 2012 8:19 AM by Shots - Health Blog

Children With Autism Are Often Targeted By Bullies

A new survey by the Interactive Autism Network found that nearly two-thirds of children with autism spectrum disorders have been bullied at some point. And it found that these kids are three times as likely as typical kids to have been bullied in the...

Published Mon, Apr 23 2012 12:23 AM by Shots - Health Blog

Bird Flu Scientist Has Applied For Permit To Export Research

The Dutch scientist at the center of the controversy over recent bird flu experiments says that his team applied for government permission Tuesday to submit a paper describing their research to a science journal. He is optimistic the request will be granted...

Published Tue, Apr 24 2012 11:14 AM by Shots - Health Blog

Doctor Pay: Where The Specialists Are All Above Average

Who makes the most? Specialists who do things to you. Orthopedic surgeons and radiologists top the earnings chart at an average income of $315,000 a year, according to data compiled by Medscape. Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 25 2012 12:58 PM by Shots - Health Blog

Colorado Extends Medicaid To Some Adults Without Kids

The state is one of just a few that is expanding Medicaid ahead of a major expansion called for in 2014 by the federal health law. Though the state estimates that 50,000 people meet the income bar, Colorado will only be able to offer coverage to 10,000...

Published Thu, Apr 26 2012 12:49 PM by Shots - Health Blog

Couples Should Get Tested For HIV Together, WHO Says

Couples should get tested for HIV together, and if one person is infected, that partner should start treatment right away, the World Health Organization says. This new strategy is aimed at reducing transmission between "discordant" couples,...

Published Fri, Apr 20 2012 1:33 PM by Shots - Health Blog

<span><span>Sebelius To Lend Support To </span>Vaccination Projects In Haiti </span>

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is expected to show her support for two big vaccination initiatives in Haiti, including one against cholera. Previously, U.S. health officials have reportedly been cool to the cholera pilot project...

Published Tue, Apr 17 2012 8:28 AM by Shots - Health Blog

What We Can Learn From Warren Buffett's Prostate Cancer

Billionaire Warren Buffett was tested for prostate cancer at an age when most men are not. The evidence suggests that in most cases the harms of treatment of prostate cancer in elderly men outweigh its benefits. Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 18 2012 12:58 PM by Shots - Health Blog

Doctors Group Tells Patients To Go For Cheaper, High-Value Treatments

Patients can often skip expensive treatments for simpler, cheaper alternatives. That's the gist of a new campaign from the American College of Physicians. But they've got to convince not just patients, but doctors, too. Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 19 2012 2:05 PM by Shots - Health Blog

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