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Calif. Teens Get More Obesity Surgery With Gastric Bands

Even without Food and Drug Administration approval for use in kids, gastric bands are becoming a popular choice for teens undergoing weight-loss surgery. Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 20 2010 6:07 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Logjams In Doctors' Offices Drive Patients Elsewhere

With primary care doctors busier than ever, some people are turning to emergency rooms and retail clinics for routine care. Read More...

Published Tue, Sep 21 2010 8:53 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Novartis Pill For Multiple Sclerosis Wins Approval, But At What Cost?

The first pill that can slow the progression of multiple sclerosis goes on the market next month. It won't be cheap, though. Analysts figure it will cost around $30,000 a year. Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 22 2010 10:24 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Experimental Heart Valve, Without Surgery, Show Promise For The Elderly

A heart valve that doctors can implant with a catheter may help patients too frail to undergo open-heart surgery to repair a defective aortic valve. Read More...

Published Thu, Sep 23 2010 6:34 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Does Avandia Decision Signal New FDA? Or Same Old Agency?

The different paths taken by European and American regulators on diabetes drug Avandia raise questions about where the Food and Drug Administration is headed. Read More...

Published Thu, Sep 23 2010 1:05 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

How Health Overhaul Is Like The Panama Canal

Fallout from the Panama Canal Treaty holds a lesson for Democrats in the wake of health overhaul, says a pollster. Expect pain in the short run and acceptance over the long haul. Read More...

Published Fri, Sep 24 2010 1:10 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Reversal On Health Mandate Came Late For Gingrich And Romney

Both Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney once supported the requirement that almost everyone have health coverage — a key plank of the federal overhaul. And both GOP presidential hopefuls stuck with that position a lot longer than you might realize. Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 27 2011 9:01 PM by Shots - Health Blog

Transplants Bring New Faces In 2011

Surgeons make full-face transplants a reality for people with severely disfigured faces. Three such operations were performed successfully in Boston this year, a turning point in the field. Read More...

Published Thu, Dec 29 2011 2:09 PM by Shots - Health Blog

Study: 1 in 14 People Has Oral HPV Infection

Men were much more likely to have an oral HPV infection than women. And people who have had more sex partners and more frequent sex were more likely to be positive for HPV. Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 27 2012 9:50 AM by Shots - Health Blog

Romney's Unlikely And Persuasive Defense Of The 'Individual Mandate'

Mitt Romney offered a vigorous defense Thursday night of Massachusetts' decision to mandate that nearly every resident either have health insurance or pay a tax penalty. In fact, some say it was the best defense of the individual mandate made by any...

Published Fri, Jan 27 2012 2:22 PM by Shots - Health Blog

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Calif. Teens Get More Obesity Surgery With Gastric Bands

Logjams In Doctors' Offices Drive Patients Elsewhere

Novartis Pill For Multiple Sclerosis Wins Approval, But At What Cost?

Experimental Heart Valve, Without Surgery, Show Promise For The Elderly

Does Avandia Decision Signal New FDA? Or Same Old Agency?

How Health Overhaul Is Like The Panama Canal

Reversal On Health Mandate Came Late For Gingrich And Romney

Transplants Bring New Faces In 2011

Study: 1 in 14 People Has Oral HPV Infection

Romney's Unlikely And Persuasive Defense Of The 'Individual Mandate'

Hormone Replacement Therapy Raises Risk Of Death From *** Cancer

If You Don't Get The New Health Care Law, At Least You Can Laugh About It

Cholera Blamed For At Least 138 Deaths In Haiti So Far

Cost Blast From Health Care Past: 'It's The Prices, Stupid.'

Cholera In Haiti Here To Stay, Experts Say