June 2012 - NPR Health Blog - The Network of Care

The Paleo Diet Moves From The Gym To The Doctor's Office

The so-called paleo way of eating is moving into the doctor's office. But experts say no one can actually practice what some are calling "evolutionary medicine" because it's only a theory. Read More...

Published Sat, Jun 02 2012 3:42 AM by Shots - Health Blog

Mental Illness Is Up Close In One Actor's Family

Jessie Close was diagnosed with depression in the 1980s, bipolar disorder in the 1990s and then in 2004, after a trip to the hospital, she was finally diagnosed as "bipolar I with psychotic tendencies." Her experience helped motivate sister...

Published Mon, Jun 04 2012 1:53 PM by Shots - Health Blog

Romney's Health Care Prescription Gives Some Conservatives Heartburn

The GOP candidate's choice to head his transition team has raised doubts among some on the right. Former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt has been running a group that helps states implement key parts of the health care law that Romney vows to ditch. Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 05 2012 4:08 PM by Shots - Health Blog

Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis A 'Serious Epidemic' In China

More than 10 percent of the new cases of tuberculosis diagnosed in China each year are resistant to the mainstay drugs used to treat the illness. The sobering findings come from the first national survey of the disease conducted there. Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 06 2012 2:04 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

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

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

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

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

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

New Fetal Genetics Test: Less Risk, More Controversy

Scientists have deciphered the entire genetic code of a fetus, taking a sample from the mother's blood. While less risky than current alternatives, it also leaps into the abortion debate, with parents eventually having the option to test for all kinds...

Published Thu, Jun 07 2012 5:52 PM by Shots - Health Blog

To Sniff Out Childhood Allergies, Researchers Head To The Farm

Soaring rates of allergies among children in recent decades have researchers puzzled. One theory says we're too clean, so kids' immune systems never learn how to deal with foreign invaders - even the harmless ones. Researchers now hope they'll...

Published Mon, Jun 11 2012 1:31 AM by Shots - Health Blog

Panel Questions Benefits Of Vitamin D Supplements

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force concluded in draft recommendations released Tuesday that taking vitamin D and 1,000 milligrams of calcium every day doesn't reduce the risk for bone fractures among postmenopausal women. So the group is taking...

Published Tue, Jun 12 2012 9:38 AM by Shots - Health Blog

Finally, A Map Of All The Microbes On Your Body

The human body contains about 100 trillion cells, but only maybe one in 10 of those cells is actually human. The rest are from bacteria, viruses and other microorganisms. Now, scientists have unveiled the first survey the "human microbiome,"...

Published Wed, Jun 13 2012 12:48 PM by Shots - Health Blog

When Patients With Fibromyalgia Try Marijuana

Fibromyalgia patients have limited treatment options, but a Canadian study finds that those who self-medicate with marijuana were more likely to have poor mental health and to seek other drugs. Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 22 2012 8:52 AM by Shots - Health Blog

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