October 2012 - NPR Health Blog - The Network of Care

Meningitis Outbreak Update: List Of Hospitals Released

The government has named 75 medical facilities that received a potentially contaminated drug suspected of infecting 47 patients with meningitis nationwide. Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 05 2012 3:33 PM by Shots - Health Blog

Ketamine Relieves Depression By Restoring Brain Connections

A few years ago, scientists discovered that the club drug ketamine worked as a quick and effective treatment for people depression who didn't respond to other treatments. New research goes further in explaining just how it works. Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 04 2012 1:51 PM by Shots - Health Blog

How Cellphones Helped Researchers Track Malaria In Kenya

By tracking nearly 15 million cellphones in Kenya, scientists mapped out how malaria spreads through the Texas-sized country. The findings pinpoint areas where efforts to control malaria would be the most effective. One day, the data may help guide alert...

Published Thu, Oct 11 2012 12:47 PM by Shots - Health Blog

Bioethicists Call For Privacy Protections For Personal Genomes

A sample of saliva taken from a coffee cup can reveal someone's genes, for better and for worse. Now bioethicists are recommending privacy protections as the age of cheap, fast genome sequences unfolds. Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 11 2012 9:35 AM by Shots - Health Blog

The Peanut Butter Cure Moves From Hospital To Snack Room

For over a decade, peanut butter paste supplements like Plumpy'Nut have saved children around the world from malnutrition. Now health officials want to use the packets not just to save starving kids, but to keep them healthy in the first place. But...

Published Thu, Oct 04 2012 12:43 AM by Shots - Health Blog

Medicare Dings Hospitals For Too Many Repeat Customers

The Federal government wants hospitals to take responsibility for discharged patients to make sure they are not admitted again within 30 days. Medicare will penalize hospitals with many repeat admissions, but some think putting this whole burden on hospitals...

Published Wed, Oct 03 2012 12:37 AM by Shots - Health Blog

Romney's Remarks On Abortion Cause A Stir

The GOP presidential nominee told a newspaper that as president he won't push abortion-restricting legislation. The remarks, from which Mitt Romney has since walked back, surprised those on both sides of the abortion debate. Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2012 2:19 PM by Shots - Health Blog

How The Taliban Is Thwarting The War On Polio

Polio is deadly, but so is what's required to stamp it out once and for all in Pakistan: facing down Islamist extremists. The virus thrives in Pakistan's lawless — and largely inaccessible — tribal regions. To stop polio's spread, health workers...

Published Wed, Oct 17 2012 1:52 PM by Shots - Health News

After Ebola Fades, What Happens To The Quarantined?

To curb a recent Ebola outbreak in Uganda, health workers quarantined over 40 people suspected of infection with the virus. Their belongings were burned and buried in case they were harboring the virus. Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 05 2012 12:55 PM by Shots - Health Blog

For Families Of Medicare Recipients, Insurance Choices Are Tricky

When a relative signs up for Medicare, it is often perplexing — and unnerving — for the rest of the family who may have grown used to cushy employer-sponsored coverage. Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 08 2012 12:08 AM by Shots - Health Blog

When Should Seniors Hang Up The Car Keys?

Most elderly drivers give up the keys only when their child or grandchild intervenes. Social workers say it's important for family members to be aware and look for changes in their parents' driving behavior. Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 08 2012 12:06 AM by Shots - Health Blog

Misdeeds, Not Mistakes, Behind Most Scientific Retractions

Biomedical researchers believed that most retractions of published studies were the result of honest errors. An analysis of retractions over four decades finds that's not the case. Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 01 2012 1:03 PM by Shots - Health Blog

Why Experts Can Pounce On New Diseases Faster As They Emerge

Public health experts have gotten much better at detecting new diseases and figuring out their cause since the SARS outbreak nearly 10 years ago. Advances in communications and genetics mean information about new microbes is more accessible. Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 03 2012 12:31 AM by Shots - Health Blog

Arabian Coronavirus: Plot Thickens But Virus Lies Low

At first it seemed likely that the two known cases of illness from the new cousin-of-SARS virus may have been exposed in or near the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah. But now it's pretty certain that a 49-year-old Qatari man who had traveled to Jeddah...

Published Fri, Oct 05 2012 2:27 PM by Shots - Health Blog

Brain Scientists Uncover New Links Between Stress And Depression

Scientists say new insights about how stress affects the brain could lead to new treatments for post traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression. Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 15 2012 9:05 AM by Shots - Health Blog

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