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As Demand Wanes For Swine Flu Vaccine, Questions Rise On Unfilled Orders
By Richard Knox A syringe and vials of swine flu vaccine at a hospital in Essen, Germany, last year. (Martin Meissner/AP) In Europe the backlash against what critics call "the false pandemic" is in full cry. The World Health Organization is...
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Wed, Jan 13 2010 5:55 AM
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Morphine May Block PTSD After Serious Injuries
By Scott Hensley The potent painkiller morphine, one of medicine's oldest drugs, may have a previously unrecognized power to reduce the development of post-traumatic stress disorder in people who've been severely injured. A Marine walks by an...
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Thu, Jan 14 2010 5:58 AM
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Democrats Downsize Cadillac Tax To Cement Union Support For Overhaul
By April Fulton AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, shown at a briefing on January 11, is one of the labor leaders who got concessions from Democrats on taxes of high-end health plans. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images) After spending months playing hard to get...
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Thu, Jan 14 2010 3:12 PM
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Medicaid Costs For State Present A Snag For Overhaul Snag
By Christopher Weaver Now that labor groups and the White House have patched things up over the Cadillac tax, some folks are predicting smooth sailing for Democrats' health-overhaul legislation. But, a handful of thorny issues remain, including anxiety...
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Fri, Jan 15 2010 11:25 AM
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Care Outside Insurer's Network Proves Costly, Despite Approval
By Jordan Rau Here's a form letter for the ages. "We're sorry to learn you need hospitalization," Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield wrote to Joshua Lemacks, a patient needing heart surgery. "We know that when you need to be in the hospital...
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Tue, Jan 19 2010 9:52 AM
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Prospects For Health Overhaul Dwindle After Massachusetts Vote
By Scott Hensley The Kennedy seat in the Senate is gone. With its loss, Democrats' hopes for passing an overhaul of the nation's health system have faded, too. Massachusetts State Sen. Scott Brown celebrats his election victory in Boston. (JElise...
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Wed, Jan 20 2010 5:53 AM
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Cutting Salt In Food Would Save Thousands Of Lives
By Scott Hensley How bad is all that salt in the food you eat? Getting the salt out could save a lot of lives. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) Getting the salt out could save a lot of lives. ( Mario Tama/Getty Images ) --> Let's put it this way, if everyone...
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Thu, Jan 21 2010 5:14 AM
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Haitian Woman Agrees To Care On Navy Hospital Ship
By Joanne Silberner On Thursday's Morning Edition I reported about Denise Bazile, who suffered two badly broken legs when a wall fell on her during the Haiti earthquake last week. Doctors from a U.S. government field hospital in Port-au-Prince gave...
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Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:05 PM
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For Kids With High Cholesterol, Change Diet, Exercise Before Drugs
By Nadja Popovich If you had any doubt that the obesity epidemic among young people presents a real health challenge, wrap you mind around this: 20 percent of teenagers have high cholesterol. Dietary changes, such as eating more fruits and vegetables...
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Fri, Jan 22 2010 9:58 AM
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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...
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Mon, Feb 01 2010 5:57 AM
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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) -->...
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Mon, Feb 01 2010 2:05 PM
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Teenager's Science Project Leads To Simple Concussion Test
By Richard Knox Doctors use expensive CT scanners and MRI machines thousands of times every day to look for brain damage. But sometimes cheap and simple is definitely better. Dr. James Eckner (standing) and Dr. James Richardson (seated) demonstrate the...
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Tue, Feb 16 2010 8:51 AM
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Can Doctors Tell Patients No? It's Not Easy
By Scott Hensley Between the Internet and drug ads, patients these days have some pretty firm ideas about what they want to get out of a visit with the doctor. Around 10 percent of the time patients ask doctors for medicine, and the docs usually go along...
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Tue, Feb 23 2010 8:58 AM
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*** Cheney And The Modern Heart Attack
By Richard Knox *** Cheney went home from the hospital Wednesday, three days after suffering his fifth heart attack. The 69-year-old former vice president "will resume his normal schedule soon," a spokesman says. Former Vice President *** Cheney...
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Wed, Feb 24 2010 9:23 AM
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Sebelius Invites Insurance CEOs For A Chat About Rates
By Scott Hensley There's another Washington health summit in the works that we imagine none of the invitees really wants to attend. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has asked the CEOs of some of the country's biggest insurers...
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Thu, Feb 25 2010 5:50 AM
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