June 2012 - NPR Health Blog - The Network of Care

Dementia Complicates Romance In Nursing Homes

Consensual sex among aging residents of nursing homes can be fraught. And when those older people are showing signs of dementia, family members sometimes stand in in the way of love. Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 26 2012 2:47 PM by Shots - Health Blog

Fast Tests Are Latest Weapons Against Infections

Tests that take hours instead of days can help doctors make a better diagnosis of infectious diseases. The results can help them decide which antibiotic to use, and which one to keep in reserve. Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 29 2012 1:32 PM by Shots - Health Blog

The Day After A Health Care Crescendo, Each Side Plays A Familiar Refrain

Supporters of the Affordable Care Act are back to singing its praises and doling out money. Opponents are trying to focus on the one aspect of the case that they won, limiting government's ability to withhold Medicaid money from states. Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 29 2012 3:27 PM by Shots - Health Blog

High Court Health Care Ruling Shifts Action To States

The decision shifts much of the burden of implementing the law to the states, which are responsible for the lion's share of getting people without insurance covered under the health law. States also now have to make a decision about expanding Medicaid...

Published Thu, Jun 28 2012 8:13 PM by Shots - Health Blog

Medicaid Expansion Goes Overlooked In Supreme Court Anticipation

Specifically, the court has been asked whether the part of the Affordable Care Act that would expand Medicaid to an estimated 17 million more people over the next 10 years is an unconstitutional infringement of states' rights. The court's decision...

Published Wed, Jun 27 2012 1:56 PM by Shots - Health Blog

Supreme Court Health Care Ruling Prompts Foot Race In Press Corps

Journalists raced to get copies of the Supreme Court decision on the federal health law out of the courthouse as fast as humanly possible. Photographers were there to document their colleagues' athletic prowess. Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 29 2012 7:37 AM by Shots - Health Blog

Feds Move To Curb Abusive Debt Collection By Nonprofit Hospitals

The Treasury Department has proposed restrictions on debt collectors, required under the 2010 federal health law, to protect patients at nonprofit hospitals. A Supreme Court ruling that strikes down the entire law would scotch the new rules. Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 27 2012 7:20 AM by Shots - Health Blog

Depressed? Treatment May Be A Phone Call Away

Therapists can treat depression just as effectively over the phone as in person, research shows. And patients are more likely to stick with treatment because phone calls fit into busy lives more easily than regular visits to a clinician's office....

Published Tue, Jun 05 2012 1:55 PM by Shots - Health Blog

Insurers Wait For Verdict On Health Care Law And Their Bottom Line

"I'm less concerned about how they rule and more concerned about when we can actually get at fixing this," says the head of Aetna, the nation's third-largest health insurer. He says at one level, the health care law represents a huge...

Published Fri, Jun 15 2012 9:03 AM by Shots - Health Blog

Pure Ecstasy Is Safe, Canadian Doctor Says, But Don't Buy 'E' On The Street

But British Columbia's chief medical officer stresses that there's a big difference between pure ecstasy and the stuff that gets cut with other chemicals and makes up the vast majority of what's sold on the street. Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 14 2012 2:19 PM by Shots - Health Blog

Doctors Have Trouble Keeping Up With Painkiller Abusers

More than 40 states have systems in place to monitor prescription drugs, but budget strains and unwieldy databases have hindered their use by doctors and pharmacists to curb drug abuse. Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 12 2012 7:55 AM by Shots - Health Blog

Scientists Tackle The Geography Of Nature Vs. Nurture In Maps Of U.K.

Genes and the environment both shape health and development. But their effects are not always equal. Researchers in the U.K. say they've mapped hotspots where nature has a stronger influence, and others where nurture dominates. Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 14 2012 7:05 AM by Shots - Health Blog

How Opponents Won The Health Care Messaging War

The White House didn't do a great job selling the health care overhaul. But the media didn't help, either, according to a new analysis of media coverage between June 2009 and March 2010. Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 19 2012 3:07 PM by Shots - Health Blog

Health Care Law Upheld: Now What?

Now that the Supreme Court has decided that the Affordable Care Act can stand, it's time to think about what the law actually means for your medical coverage. So let's review the changes the law has already wrought and those that still lie ahead...

Published Thu, Jun 28 2012 12:55 PM by Shots - Health Blog

Waiting Almost Over For High Court Decision On Health Care Law

Three months after historic arguments before the high court over the constitutionality of the administration's sweeping health care law, we are about to find out if it will hold up. Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 28 2012 5:21 AM by Shots - Health Blog

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