September 2012 - NPR Health Blog - The Network of Care

New Virus Related To SARS Detected In The Middle East

A virus, which is genetically different than any seen before, has killed one man and hospitalized another. The virus comes from the same family as SARS, but it appears to be less contagious. Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 24 2012 2:55 PM by Shots - Health Blog

Scientists Parse Genes Of *** Cancer's Four Major Types

They found 40 or so key differences — all potential targets for cleverly designed drugs. But the researchers caution that their study is a long way from the outmoded dream of a silver bullet that would knock out *** cancer – or any other kind. The study...

Published Mon, Sep 24 2012 2:54 PM by Shots - Health Blog

Experimental Drug Is First To Help Kids With Premature-Aging Disease

The new drug reversed changes in blood vessels that usually lead kids with the rare genetic disease progeria to have heart attacks and strokes. Research on the toxic protein responsible for progeria is also changing scientists' understanding of how...

Published Mon, Sep 24 2012 12:19 PM by Shots - Health Blog

Pediatricians: Bounce Trampolines From Homes To Protect Kids

A leading group of pediatricians is out with a sterner warning than ever about trampolines. They say the risk of injury to kids remains too high, despite some safety measures. Use of trampolines at home "is strongly discouraged." Read More....

Published Mon, Sep 24 2012 11:36 AM by Shots - Health Blog

South African Children's Hospital Closed Under Apartheid To Reopen

With local hospitals in Durban, South Africa, strained by the AIDS epidemic, city leaders are trying to restore and reopen a historic children's hospital shut down in the 1980s during apartheid. The hospital originally opened in 1931 with a mandate...

Published Mon, Sep 24 2012 12:57 AM by Shots - Health Blog

Two New Drugs May Help In Fight Against Obesity

Both the drugs — Belviq and Qsymia — were approved in July. They make you feel satisfied with less food — and not as hungry between meals. There are side-effects from the medications, including dry mouth, constipation and a slight tingling in fingers...

Published Mon, Sep 24 2012 12:21 AM by Shots - Health Blog

Is CrossFit Training Good For Kids?

In the last few years, some sports medicine specialists have become convinced that strength training activities like CrossFit can be great for kids. But others worry that CrossFit trainers aren't teaching appropriate techniques for weight lifting...

Published Mon, Sep 24 2012 12:18 AM by Shots - Health Blog

The Next Frontier For Elite Med Schools: Primary Care

Mount Sinai School of Medicine is adding a Department of Family Medicine. It is now one of the only top medical schools to offer family medicine as a specialty for its students. Read More...

Published Sun, Sep 23 2012 1:15 PM by Shots - Health Blog

Government Officials Retire Chimpanzees From Research

The National Institutes of Health will retire over 100 chimps from biomedical research experiments after deciding there's no longer a need for them. Some chimps are headed to a sanctuary, while others will go to a facility in Texas that will care...

Published Fri, Sep 21 2012 2:00 PM by Shots - Health Blog

On The Road To Polio Eradication In Pakistan

Pakistan is one of the last three countries to still have entrenched polio. To eradicate the virus, a group of "social mobilizers" travels to hard-hit slums to help overcome social and physical barriers to vaccination. Read More...

Published Fri, Sep 21 2012 12:28 PM by Shots - Health Blog

'Downton Abbey' And The History Of Medical Quackery

In the British TV sensation, a servant's attempt to correct a debilitating limp with a dubious device ends in blood and disappointment. Despite tighter regulation over the years, quack devices remain a threat. Read More...

Published Fri, Sep 21 2012 9:58 AM by Shots - Health Blog

Swedes Perform Pioneering Uterine Transplants; Americans Not Far Behind

The Swedish team transplanted uteruses from two women in their 50s to their daughters, and an Indiana group is recruiting women willing to undergo womb transplants in this country. It's the latest frontier in a field launched in 1954 with a successful...

Published Fri, Sep 21 2012 12:36 AM by Shots - Health Blog

Who's Next In Line For A Kidney Transplant? The Answer Is Changing

The non-profit in charge of distributing organs wants to revamp the system for distributing kidneys for the first time in 25 years. But some transplant specialists and bioethicists fear the changes could end up discriminating against some patients. Read...

Published Thu, Sep 20 2012 1:31 PM by Shots - Health Blog

Challenges To Health Law Just Keep Coming

Oklahoma's attorney general claims that an IRS rule to implement the federal health overhaul law's subsidies for some insurance exchanges exceeds the agency's authority. The Congressional Budget Office says more people than previously estimated...

Published Thu, Sep 20 2012 1:29 PM by Shots - Health Blog

Could Genes For Stripes Help Kitty Fight Disease?

Different lineages of cat with the same coloration got their looks in unique ways. The genetic variants that determine those patterns come from different mutations in the same genes. And that has some scientists thinking there may be more to the genes...

Published Thu, Sep 20 2012 12:07 PM by Shots - Health Blog

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