June 2012 - NPR Health Blog - The Network of Care

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

Regardless Of High Court, No Return To Old Days For Parts Of Health System

It's far from unanimous, but many believe Newton's law of inertia will kick in even if the fedreal statute that launched changes in the nation's health care system is found unconstitutional. Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 19 2012 2:07 PM by Shots - Health Blog

Shocker: Doctors Work When They're Sick

Even if they scrub their hands like crazy, which certainly helps, doctors succumb to germs every once in a while, just like the rest of us. And also like lots of the rest of us, doctors go to work sick, a survey of medical residents finds. Read More....

Published Tue, Jun 19 2012 12:18 PM by Shots - Health Blog

Pills On The Job: Companies Add Prescription Services

Some companies are adding drug dispensaries to their on-site health clinics. Others are offering concierge services that deliver drugs right to workers' desks. The companies hope to improve workers' compliance with doctors' orders by making...

Published Tue, Jun 19 2012 7:50 AM by Shots - Health Blog

Scientists Find New Wrinkle In How Cholera Got To Haiti

Researchers have found two very different cholera strains in some of the first Haitians to be struck by the disease. The findings suggest that cholera germs may have been lurking undetected in Haiti for a long time. Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 18 2012 2:28 PM by Shots - Health Blog

Loneliness Bodes Poorly For A Healthy Old Age

Loneliness in older people can predict declines in health and an increased risk of death, a six-year-long study found. People over 60 who feel lonely had a 45 percent higher risk of death than those who weren't lonely. Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 18 2012 2:07 PM by Shots - Health Blog

Consumers Stuck With Murky Sunscreen Labels Another Summer

Consumers who were expecting the Food and Drug Administration's new requirements for sunscreen labels to be implemented this month will have to wait. The agency has given sunscreen manufacturers until December to catch up to the mandate for clearer...

Published Mon, Jun 18 2012 12:01 AM by Shots - Health Blog

Calif. Runs With Health Law Without Waiting On Supreme Court

The country's most populous state is already implementing the law, and it hasn't slowed down in recent weeks as the rest of the country waits to hear from the Supreme Court. Officials say the state isn't doing any contingency planning in the...

Published Fri, Jun 15 2012 2:27 PM by Shots - Health Blog

As More Americans Live Through Cancer, Survivors' Ranks Grow

The number of American cancer survivors will increase from 13.7 million in January 2012 to nearly 18 million in January 2022, according to a report from the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute. Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 15 2012 1:21 PM by Shots - Health Blog

Know The Enemy: Scientists Use Genetics To Get Ahead Of Malaria

An international team of researchers based in the U.K. say they've taken a big step forward in tracking the malaria parasite's evolution and predicting hotspots of potential resistance. Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 15 2012 10:50 AM 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

Can A Colon Cancer Test Level The Playing Field For Native Alaskans?

Getting people screened for colon cancer is a challenge, especially in rural Alaska. So doctors are developing DNA-based tests to catch colon cancer early and less invasively. They hope the new tests will eventually replace or reduce colonoscopies. Read...

Published Thu, Jun 14 2012 1:53 PM by Shots - Health Blog

U.S. Olympic Team Sprints Ahead With Electronic Health Records

Transporting reams of athletes' medical information has become a major burden for the U.S. Olympic Committee. So the committee has decided to transition from paper to electronic records to track the complex medical care of Olympians. Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 14 2012 9:13 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

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