NPR Health Blog

Cost Of Medicare Buy-In Could Be Daunting

By Scott Hensley With all the fanfare about a potential political compromise on health overhaul that could let people ages 55 to 64 buy Medicare as their health coverage, you might be surprised to learn the idea has been kicking around for quite a while...

Published Wed, Dec 09 2009 11:14 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News

Filed under: Health Overhaul, Insurance, Medicare

Oxygen Brings Relief For Cluster Headaches

By Richard Knox People who suffer from cluster headaches say there's no worse pain. How bad is it? Women with kids say the headaches are more excruciating than childbirth. (iStockphoto.com) So a clinical test showing the effectiveness of a simple...

Published Wed, Dec 09 2009 7:46 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News

Filed under: Research

Despite Compromise On Public Option, Hurdles Remain For Overhaul

By Scott Hensley With key Senate Democrats having struck a tentative deal on a private alternative to the controversial government-run public option for health insurance, there's plenty of crowing about health overhaul being just around the corner...

Published Wed, Dec 09 2009 5:55 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News

Filed under: Health Overhaul, Insurance, Medicare

Tofu Dogs, Soy Lattes OK For *** Cancer Survivors

By Allison Aubrey Soy gets a strange rap in this country. Meat and potato lovers tend to dismiss it as vegan fringe food. But ever since soy milk muscled its way into the mainstream dairy aisle, there's been a lot of talk about its potential health...

Published Tue, Dec 08 2009 2:35 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News

Filed under: Cancer, Personal Health

Scandal Could Be A Blow To Tiger's Mental Health, And His Game

By Maggie Mertens When it comes to being a great athlete, you need a triad of toughness: physical, mental and emotional, says sports psychologist Gregg Steinberg. Tiger's known for his toughness on the green, but how will this mental blow affect his...

Published Tue, Dec 08 2009 2:00 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News

Filed under: Mental Health, Latest headlines

Caring For Elderly And Disabled Is A Family Affair

By Joseph Shapiro Here's something else to consider in the definition of what it means to be an American: Being a caregiver for an elderly or disabled loved one. A new study of family caregivers says almost one out of three adults in the U.S. currently...

Published Tue, Dec 08 2009 1:52 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News

Filed under: Aging, People with disabilities

America: Land Of Good Cancer Care And Big Health Spending

By Scott Hensley In case you need a reminder that the U.S. spends way more on health care than thriftier countries and doesn't have much to show for it, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is here to help. That's the U.S...

Published Tue, Dec 08 2009 1:16 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News

Filed under: Costs

The Public Option Dwindles As Lawmakers Compromise

By Christopher Weaver and Andrew Villegas Congress has come up with a sequel to the 1957 film, "The Incredible Shrinking Man". It's called The Incredible Shrinking Public Option, a national insurance plan favored by Democratic leaders but...

Published Tue, Dec 08 2009 11:10 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News

Filed under: Health Overhaul, Insurance, Congressional activity

Compromise On Public Option Could Allow Medicare At 55

By Scott Hensley OK, liberals, we know you're worried the public option may soon be a casualty of wheeling and dealing in the Senate. Sen. Rockefeller is sick of whining about alternatives to the public option. (Susan Walsh/AP) Sen. Rockefeller is...

Published Tue, Dec 08 2009 8:55 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News

Filed under: Health Overhaul, Medicare

Decline In Colorectal Cancer Rates Leads Overall Drop

By Scott Hensley In the wake of recent recommendations for less testing to find *** and cervical cancer, you might be wondering where screening is paying off the most. The answer: colorectal cancer. The latest annual report on the state of cancer in the...

Published Tue, Dec 08 2009 6:32 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News

Filed under: Cancer

Senate Health Debate Turns To Abortion Amendment

By Maggie Mertens Buckle your seatbelts, the ride starts now. If you've been tuning out the health care debate on the Senate floor so far, we don't blame you. It's been a little senatorial. But if you've been waiting for tempers to start...

Published Mon, Dec 07 2009 2:36 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News

Filed under: Health Overhaul

Greider Gives Nobel Lecture On Telomerase

By Joe Palca It's not all play and no work for Nobel Laureates gathered in Stockholm this week. For $1.4 million dollars the Nobel Prize committee can ask for a lecture or two. Telomeres (stained yellow) cap chromosomes (stained blue) . (UCLA) Yellow...

Published Mon, Dec 07 2009 1:52 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News

Filed under: Research

FDA Finds More CT Radiation Overdoses At Hospitals

By Maggie Mertens Since it was revealed back in October that Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles slipped up when it came to radiation doses during hundreds of CT scans, the Food and Drug Administration has found the overdoses are more widespread...

Published Mon, Dec 07 2009 12:38 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News

Filed under: FDA, Radiology

Gawande Looks To Barnyard For Health Cost Controls

By Christopher Weaver What do farming and medicine have in common? At one time or another both sucked vast resources from the American economy, led to "unmanageably costly sectors," and posed problems that appeared intractable, writes Dr. Atul...

Published Mon, Dec 07 2009 11:10 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News

Filed under: Health Overhaul, Medicare, Costs, Economy

Texas Oysters Recalled Over 'Stomach Flu' Virus

By Scott Hensley The latest problem with Gulf Coast oysters is a pesky virus that is a frequent, unwelcome guest on cruise ships, school computers and at holiday parties. Norovirus: pretty to look at; nasty to eat. (Charles D. Humphrey/CDC) Norovirus...

Published Mon, Dec 07 2009 8:15 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News

Filed under: FDA, Food Safety

Syndication

Recent Posts

Tags

Archives