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Bioethicist: A final reason to lose weight

Mon, 9 Jan 2012 17:03:02 GMT

Need motivation to lose weight? Bioethicist Art Caplan says to consider that doing so will help others who want to learn from bodies after death.

1 in 5 surgeons insure their hands, poll finds

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:29:25 GMT

The nation's worst hospitals treat twice the proportion of elderly black patients and poor patients than the best hospitals, and their patients are more likely to die of heart attacks and pneumonia, new research shows.

More counterfeit meds being sold to consumers

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:48:10 GMT

At least one part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul has proven popular. With the economy sputtering, the number of young adults covered by health insurance grew by about a million as families flocked to take advantage of a new benefit in the law.

12 million Motrin bottles pulled from shelves

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 01:42:23 GMT

Sky-high salaries, costly hips boost US health costs

Thu, 8 Sep 2011 13:05:48 GMT

Drug regulators said an experimental stroke preventer from Bayer and Johnson & Johnson is not ready for approval and raised questions about its effectiveness, sending Bayer shares down more than 7 percent.

Feds reopen malpractice database, with caveats

Wed, 9 Nov 2011 22:25:49 GMT

It will be a while longer before the government decides whether to test the anthrax vaccine in children.

Many surgeons don't discuss end-of-life care

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:37:00 GMT

If you've had two or more sex partners in the last year, you could be a risky organ donor, at least according to a proposed federal health guideline that has drawn sharp protests from transplant experts who say it's far too broad.

Mentally ill flood ERs as states cut services

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 18:06:08 GMT

Across the country, emergency room doctors are facing a spike in psychiatric crises â?? attempted suicide, severe depression, psychosis â?? as states slash mental health services and the country's worst economic crisis since the Great Depression takes its toll.

Older pills often safer, but many think new is better

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:18:35 GMT

The elfin child with the big personality and bright smile dreams of the future. But doctors say 12-year-old Ontlametse Phalatse has only, perhaps, another couple of years to live. Ontlametse is the first black child diagnosed with progeria.

FDA fines Red Cross $9.6 million for blood lapses

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:17:20 GMT

Food and Drug Administration officials have fined the American Red Cross nearly $9.6 million for sloppy and unsafe blood management practices, the second multi-million-dollar penalty levied against the agency in the last two years.

New method boosts blood-clotting for hemophiliacs

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:44:26 GMT

A Maryland man who had a bad toothache has filed a class-action lawsuit against his New York dentist after she required him to sign a contract promising not to trash-talk her online â?? and then fined him thousands of dollars trying to enforce it.

Decline in altruism could worsen organ shortage

Fri, 2 Sep 2011 18:51:18 GMT

The world's most widely used herbicide was found in the air and water on some agricultural areas well beyond when it was applied, suggesting the potential for health impacts, two studies concluded.

FDA delivers blow to experimental stroke drug

Wed, 7 Sep 2011 00:22:38 GMT

The number of baby boys getting circumcised in hospitals has dropped slightly in the past decade, health experts said on Thursday.

Tiny overdoses of Tylenol can turn deadly

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:00:34 GMT

The federal government reopened public access to a database of malpractice claims and damages paid by doctors, with new restrictions that would prohibit using it in any way to identify the physicians.

Uninsured use Groupon for health care

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:23:12 GMT

Visitors to daily deal sites like Groupon are finding a growing number of markdowns on health care services such as teeth cleanings, eye exams, chiropractic care and even medical checkups.

Time to shop: Some Medicare plan prices drop

Wed, 5 Oct 2011 22:53:03 GMT

One in six Americans bought medicines on the Internet last year - but some online pharmacies are selling counterfeit drugs. Worldwide sales of counterfeit medicines topped $75 billion last year, up 90 percent since 2005, according to the World Health Organization.

Narcissists know they're annoying, study suggests

Thu, 1 Sep 2011 13:53:12 GMT

Nurses treating cancer patients risk being exposed to chemotherapy drugs and their toxic effects, according to a new study.

Wife sues after husband's brain is removed

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:46:40 GMT

Hospital safety practices unrelated to outcomes

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:14:54 GMT

Nearly two months after problems were first announced, contact lens giant CooperVision and federal health regulators have amped up public warnings about more than half a million recalled contact lenses, urging users to return the potentially defective products and to seek medical care if they show symptoms of harm.

Toothache lawsuit may stifle medical gag orders

Thu, 1 Dec 2011 00:00:14 GMT

There may be good reason to ask about financial ties if your doctor orders an expensive imaging test for your aching back: Patients whose physicians own the equipment are more likely to get scans they might not need than those whose doctors have no financial interest, a small study suggests.

Nurses often exposed to toxic cancer drugs

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:40:19 GMT

An 86-year-old Arizona man who survived falling face-first into his pruning shears reflects on the harrowing ordeal.

Paramedics filling health care gap as need grows

Mon, 5 Sep 2011 18:37:19 GMT

Recent advances have given organ donors easier surgeries and faster recovery times, but the advances have not tackled one primary issue in organ donation: the limited supply of organs.  A new paper argues that a trend in society toward less altruism bodes further problems for the availability of organs.

Preventive care: It's free, except when it's not

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:20:39 GMT

President Barack Obama's health overhaul encourages prevention by requiring most insurance plans to pay for preventive care. But there are confusing â?? and potentially expensive â?? exceptions.

U.S. to develop chip that tests if a drug is toxic

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:43:46 GMT

Food and Drug Administration advisers voted Friday to require makers of widely used osteoporosis drugs to clarify how long patients should take them for the greatest benefit and least risk.

Medicare prescription drug abuse a problem: GAO

Tue, 4 Oct 2011 19:11:56 GMT

The practices of a prestigious medical research institute that studies schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are on trial in Maine, where the organization collected at least 99 brains from organ donors.

Complication in first triple limb transplant

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:45:48 GMT

A Turkish doctor whose 25-member team performed the world's first triple limb transplant â?? two arms and a leg â?? says the leg has been removed due to tissue incompatibility.

FDA panel backs new labels for bone drugs

Fri, 9 Sep 2011 21:56:43 GMT

High doctorsâ?? salaries and climbing fees may be why health care costs are so much steeper in the US  than in other developed countries, a new study concludes.

Needless MRIs may be moneymakers for docs

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:01:35 GMT

Taking even slightly too much Tylenol over a period of several days can lead to an overdose with deadly consequences, a new study says.

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Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:40:19 GMT

Roundup kills weeds, but does it harm us?

Thu, 1 Sep 2011 18:20:34 GMT

When cameras are watching, more docs wash up

Thu, 1 Dec 2011 00:05:34 GMT

A woman was shot dead at a hospital in Chicago late Thursday, according to a report. A man was arrested later after a routine traffic stop.

Debt commission members rake in health money

Wed, 7 Sep 2011 11:23:18 GMT

A select group of paramedics in several states is helping to provide primary health care by making house calls â?? an initiative encouraged by the federal health care law to address shortages in primary care and cut down on expensive visits to doctors and emergency rooms.

Lawmaker probes sellers on drug shortages

Wed, 5 Oct 2011 19:41:30 GMT

Prescription drug abuse by elderly and disabled beneficiaries of Medicare cost the U.S. program nearly $150 million in 2008, highlighting an area where the government can seek to save health costs.

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Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:48:20 GMT

Many consumers mistakenly believe new prescription drugs are always safer than those with long track records, and that only extremely effective drugs without major side effects win government approval, according to a new study.

Double hand transplant recipient says he got a 'miracle'

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:28:33 GMT

Surgeons rely on their training, experience and skill, but none of that matters if they develop a problem with their hands - the most basic item needed to do their jobs. So, to protect their assets, a number of them insure their hands, according to a new poll.

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Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:43:39 GMT

Patients can check the safety ratings of  hospitals near them on a government website that tracks the rates of surgical complications, infections, mishaps and potentially avoidable deaths.

Electronic medical records rarely encrypted: expert

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:33:06 GMT

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Deadly rabies fear after man shows off bat in box

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:24:42 GMT

Health officials are warning people who were in downtown Providence last week that they may have been exposed to rabies when a man showed off a bat he had in a box.

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Thu, 22 Dec 2011 01:42:23 GMT

The idea of putting maggots into open flesh may sound repulsive, but such a therapy might be a quick way to clean wounds, a new study from France suggests.

America hits the brakes on health care spending

Mon, 9 Jan 2012 21:37:50 GMT

U.S. healthcare spending barely rose in 2010 from record-low recession levels, as high unemployment and the loss of private health insurance forced many Americans to delay or forego medical treatment, government officials said on Monday.

Stem cells created from cloned human embryos

Wed, 5 Oct 2011 17:08:05 GMT

One hour can spell the difference between life and death for victims of severe injury, but about a quarter of Americans now have to travel farther to reach the nearest hospital trauma center, a study published Wednesday concludes.

Docs and nurses trade debt for service

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 23:04:58 GMT

Scientists for the first time have derived thriving colonies of  embryonic stem cells from human embryos created using cloning technology.

New powerful painkiller has abuse experts worried

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:45:37 GMT

Drug companies are working to develop a pure, more powerful version of a highly abused medicine, which has addiction experts worried that it could spur a new wave of abuse.

Breast cancer trial could speed approval of new drugs

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:30:20 GMT

Have you ever been tempted to sneak a peek at those notes your doctor is scribbling about you? If you have, youâ??re like most patients, new Harvard research shows.  But chances are, your doctor would rather you keep your nose out of his notes.

Too promiscuous to donate an organ? Maybe

Mon, 5 Dec 2011 13:54:00 GMT

The number of  doctors and nurses who washed their hands immediately after entering  a patient's room shot from 7 to 88 percent when video cameras were installed in every room in their unit and the staff was continuously informed about hand-washing rates.

Maggots speedier than surgeons at wound cleaning

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:09:54 GMT

From the time a promising new cancer drug is discovered to when it is proven to work typically takes 10 to 15 years and can cost from $1 to $2 billion. But a clinical trial known as ISPY-2 is an attempt to shorten that process. NBC's Robert Bazell reports.

How safe is your hospital? Website lets you check

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:26:57 GMT

After Richard Mangino lost his arms below the elbows and legs below the knees from sepsis in 2002, he longed to be able to feel his grandchildrenâ??s faces and stroke their hair. Now, he'll get the chance to do that due to a double hand transplant.

Officials: Heart doc falsified red wine study

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:03:31 GMT

A University of Connecticut researcher known for his work on red wine's benefits to cardiovascular health falsified his data in more than 100 instances and nearly a dozen scientific journals are being warned,  officials said Wednesday.

Man with locked-in syndrome wants right to die

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:32:27 GMT

Former rugby player Tony Nicklinson had a high-flying job as a corporate manager in Dubai, where he went skydiving and bridge-climbing in his free time.

New law leads to more insured young adults

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:48:20 GMT

U.S. government researchers plan to design a chip that can check whether new drugs are toxic before they are tested in people, potentially speeding up the development of new therapies.

Millions must travel farther for trauma care

Wed, 5 Oct 2011 20:49:47 GMT

The annual enrollment period for Medicare prescription drug and Advantage managed care plans is about to begin, and it's one of the best opportunities of the year for seniors to save money.

Pruning shear impalement: 'The pain was so bad'

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:38:39 GMT

Do you want to know what your doc writes about you?

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:16:58 GMT

In what's being called a landmark study, researchers used gene therapy to successfully treat six patients with severe hemophilia, a blood-clotting disorder.

Worst hospitals treat larger share of poor

Wed, 5 Oct 2011 20:04:56 GMT

A Congressman investigating worsening shortages of hospital drugs is demanding that secondary drug distributors reveal where they're getting scarce, life-saving medicines â?? and explain the huge markups they charge hospitals.

Man arrested after fatal shooting at Chicago hospital

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:22:28 GMT

The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network and the United Network for Organ Sharing have placed the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's transplant program on probation for up to a year because a living female donor had hepatitis when her kidney was transplanted into her male partner.

No anthrax vaccine testing on children â?? for now

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:43:39 GMT

Whether or not trauma centers meet national safety standards says little about a patient's risk of dying or getting an infection while there, according to new research.

D'oh! Top science journal retractions of 2011

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:13:26 GMT

Pot dispensaries lead to a crime drop. Use antibiotics, not surgery, to treat appendicitis. Some startling research has been published in the last year - and then retracted. Read about the top five most egregious.

Probation for program that transplanted infected kidney

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:35:37 GMT

Electronic medical records, which the Obama administration would like to see widely used, are rarely encrypted so a data breach could be triggered by the simple theft of a laptop or misplaced thumb drive, a privacy expert told lawmakers on Wednesday.

Fewer baby boys getting circumcised, CDC says

Fri, 2 Sep 2011 19:05:42 GMT

Narcissists are well aware of their me-first tendencies, a new study claims. This finding challenges the belief that people with super-sized egos lack self-insight.

CooperVision, FDA step up recalled contact lens warnings

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:49:50 GMT

The National Health Service Corps has more than tripled its members in the past three recession-fueled years.The program helps would-be primary care doctors, nurses and dentists pay for training â?? and repay medical debt â?? in exchange for working in rural areas.

Black child with aging disease hopes for future

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:45:56 GMT

Doctors, drugmakers and health insurers have spent millions wooing lawmakers who now are on the congressional panel finding a formula to control deficits and debt, analysis finds.