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Health Overhaul Banished To The Dog House

By Julie Rovner Bad dog. You might be here awhile.(/istockphoto.com) Bad dog. (/istockphoto.com) --> Like the dog who's just bitten the baby, the health overhaul bill passed by the House and Senate is basically chained up in Congress' back...

Published Tue, Feb 02 2010 2:10 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News

Herbal Supplements Can Wreak Havoc With Heart Drugs

By Scott Hensley If you've got heart problems and take supplements, please tell your doctor what you're doing. South Korean women dig up ginseng from a field in 2002. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) South Korean women dig up ginseng from a field...

Published Tue, Feb 02 2010 1:32 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News

Filed under: Heart disease, Consumers

Obama's Budget Bypasses Big Health Cuts

By Nadja Popovich Science and health departments must be breathing a collective sigh of relief after President Obama's unveiling of the proposed 2011 budget yesterday, at least for now. President Obama presented his 2011 budget proposal yesterday...

Published Tue, Feb 02 2010 1:31 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News

Filed under: Budget

Lancet Renounces Study Linking Autism And Vaccines

By Scott Hensley It took 12 years, but the medical journal the Lancet has retracted once and for all a controversial paper that drew a link between vaccines and autism and helped fuel a backlash against immunization of children. A 1998 Lancet paper reported...

Published Tue, Feb 02 2010 9:25 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News

Filed under: Autism, Vaccines, Children

Abstinence Message Gets Through To Teens

By Scott Hensley More talk can lead to less teenage sex. A study that tested abstinence-focused sex ed against classes that featured other messages, including safer sex and better health, found that the advice to forgo sex stuck best. About one-third...

Published Tue, Feb 02 2010 5:56 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News

Filed under: Children

Black Pepper Becomes Latest Salmonella Suspect

By Nadja Popovich We're sorry to say that salmonella seems to be everywhere these days. Salmonella in black pepper prompted a salami recall.(Kellybeanz via Flickr) Salmonella in black pepper prompted a salami recall.(Kellybeanz via Flickr) -->...

Published Mon, Feb 01 2010 2:05 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News

Filed under: Food Safety

A Permanent Medicare Pay Fix For Doctors? Maybe Next Year

By Andrew Villegas For years Congress has played a game of cat and mouse when it comes to figuring out how much Medicare should pay doctors. Congress isn't likely to fix a controversial formula for figuring out how much Medicare pays doctors anytime...

Published Mon, Feb 01 2010 1:40 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News

Filed under: Congressional activity, Medicare

Tweet This: CDC Offers 9 Pages Of Twitter Advice

By Scott Hensley Since hopping on the Twitter train a while back, we can hardly imagine living without it. (Twitter) We follow smart folks and learn about cool stuff in a hurry. When we have something to tell people, we can pump out a tweet in a matter...

Published Mon, Feb 01 2010 12:03 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News

Filed under: A Little Lighter, CDC

NIH Pushes For Radiation Reporting By Scanner Makers

By Scott Hensley If you get a bunch of tests and medicines in the hospital, the details on the results and doses will be dutifully recorded in your medical file. An X-ray shows tumors in the bones of a patient. ( Dr Ahmed Haroun/Wikimedia Commons) An...

Published Mon, Feb 01 2010 8:12 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News

Filed under: Cancer, Radiology

Health Costs Loom Over Federal Budget

By Scott Hensley Today we'll find out how much President Obama would like the government to spend next year. It's a lot. Just take a look at all the zeroes: $3,834,000,000,000. That's 3.8 trillion bucks, for fiscal 2011. The elephant in the...

Published Mon, Feb 01 2010 5:57 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News

Filed under: Health Overhaul

Endodontists Drill Obama For Root Canal Remark

By Mary Agnes Carey President Obama's State of the Union aside calling the bank bailout as "popular as a root canal" has struck a nerve with the professionals who perform the procedure. "While we certainly understand the president's...

Published Fri, Jan 29 2010 1:53 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News

Filed under: A Little Lighter

Obama Takes It To The GOP In Televised Health Debate

By Julie Rovner The President responds to a question at the Republican House Issues Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, on January 29, 2010.(Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) The President responds to a question at the Republican House Issues Conference in Baltimore...

Published Fri, Jan 29 2010 12:41 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News

Filed under: Health Overhaul

Mass. Hospitals With Big Names Bring In Bigger Fees

By Christopher Weaver For many firms, selling a lot of something means lower prices for customers. Think of Wal-Mart's recent entry into the casket business, where big-box prices -- made up for in volume and bulk discounts -- could undercut small...

Published Fri, Jan 29 2010 10:55 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News

Filed under: Hospitals

Secondhand Smoke Is Bad For Smokers Too

By Kevin Whitelaw Smokers these days have been all but banished to sidewalks or cramped smoking lounges, but those smoking lounges may make a bad habit even worse for smokers' health A new study published in the journal Environmental Health finds...

Published Fri, Jan 29 2010 10:26 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News

Filed under: Tobacco

Michelle Obama Launches Personal Campaign Against Childhood Obesity

By Brenda Wilson At a YMCA just outside Washington, D.C., first lady Michelle Obama let the public in on a secret -- even the first family has been vulnerable to the epidemic of childhood obesity. During an event on Thursday to kick off a new national...

Published Fri, Jan 29 2010 7:58 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News

Filed under: Children, Obesity

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