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Drug Prices Climb Faster Than Inflation, Again

Retail prices of brand-name prescription medicines commonly used by people in Medicare rose briskly in 2009, an AARP analysis says. This year generic versions of some of the big movers could help relieve the financial pain. Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 25 2010 12:57 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Salmonella Found In Chicken Feed Used By 2 Egg Farms

As investigators turn up more clues on the sources of salmonella contamination for hundreds of millions of recalled eggs, the number of people thought to have become ill from them is expected to grow. Read More...

Published Thu, Aug 26 2010 2:55 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Birth And Divorce Rates Decline In A Sour Economy

Birth And Divorce Rates Decline In A Sour Economy Read More...

Published Fri, Aug 27 2010 11:55 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Manure Piles, Rodents And Swarming Flies Found At Egg Farms

Now you can check out the reports filed by Food and Drug Administration inspectors who pored over the egg companies connected to the massive salmonella-related recalls. Read More...

Published Mon, Aug 30 2010 1:25 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

HIV Treatment Lags In U.S., Guaranteeing More Infections

Only 28 percent of the 1.2 million HIV-infected people in the U.S. are getting effective antiviral treatment, according to the CDC. Unless those treatment rates improve substantially, that could lead to another 1.2 million new HIV cases over the next...

Published Wed, Nov 30 2011 9:05 AM by Shots - Health Blog

MRIs More Likely To Be Negative When The Doctor Profits

Maybe you didn't need that MRI, but your doctor did. Scans are more likely to find no problems if doctors make money from the MRI, a study concludes. Congress and the states have tried to crack down on doctors self-referring to scanners they own,...

Published Thu, Dec 01 2011 10:02 AM by Shots - Health Blog

Apps Can Help You Take A Pill, But Privacy's A Big Question

Apps that track personal health information can be really convenient. But they may be a big privacy risk. App makers aren't controlled by federal health privacy laws, so what they do with sensitive information is up to them. Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 02 2011 8:08 AM by Shots - Health Blog

Siri's Position On Abortion? A Glitch, Not Conspiracy, Apple Says

When it was discovered earlier this week that Apple's new iPhone assistant had trouble telling users where to find abortion providers, abortion rights groups immediately cried foul. Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 02 2011 3:08 PM by Shots - Health Blog

Making The Best Of A Hospital Stay By Quitting Smoking

Most hospitals make little effort to screen patients for tobacco use or to help smokers kick the habit permanently. That's a missed opportunity. Starting this month, though, hospitals can choose to adopt tobacco-cessation measures to help them comply...

Published Tue, Jan 03 2012 6:55 AM by Shots - Health Blog

Calories Trump Protein For Weight Loss

People on low-protein diets pack on more fat compared to people who eat normal amounts of protein, a new study concludes. This is bad for health, even if the low-protein folks don't put on as many pounds. Eating more protein may make it easier to...

Published Wed, Jan 04 2012 6:57 AM by Shots - Health Blog

A Birth Control Pill For Those Times Birth Control Fails

Bayer can now sell a birth control pill that contains a B vitamin shown to reduce the risk of certain kinds of birth defects. Called Beyaz, this version of the Pill is the latest to be touted for reasons beyond preventing pregnancy. Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 27 2010 7:36 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Beware Of The 'Incidentaloma'

When doctors find an unsuspected problem, it can subject patients to a whole lot of tests and treatments – usually for little or no benefit. For every unsuspected cancer or threatening aneurysm, there are many more abnormalities of no consequence. Read...

Published Tue, Sep 28 2010 7:55 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

FDA Tells Mouthwash Makers To Spit Out Gum Disease Claims

Fluoride can help fight cavities. But the Food and Drug Administration told three companies they've gone too far with claims their fluoride mouthwashes can prevent gum disease. Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 29 2010 5:04 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Johnson & Johnson Execs Face More Questions On 'Phantom Recall'

A second House hearing will zero in on Johnson & Johnson's handling of quality problems affecting children's medicines and adult-strength Motrin. A key question centers on whether the company hushed-up recalls of affected products. Read More...

Published Thu, Sep 30 2010 6:29 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Researchers Take Another Step Toward Stem Cells Without Embryos

The advances would help scientists reprogram adult cells without monkeying with the DNA at their core. The approach, though not a breakthrough, is more efficient than the techniques involving viruses that were developed by pioneers in the field. Read...

Published Fri, Oct 01 2010 6:30 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

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