Archive for January, 2009
January 31, 2009
- Novelties: ‘Fantastic Voyage,’ Revisited: The Pill That Navigates
- Patient Money: Making the Most of Flexible Spending Accounts
- Diners to Get a Quick Guide to Cleanliness
- Diners to Get a Quick Guide to Cleanliness
- After Departure, No Leader for U.S. AIDS Program
- Peaceful Clinic Flooded With Patients With Their Own Fiscal Crises
- Peaceful Clinic Flooded With Patients With Their Own Fiscal Crises
- Peanut Recall Leads to Criminal Investigation
- Peanut Recall Leads to Criminal Investigation
- National Briefing | West: California: And Babies Make 14
- National Briefing | West: California: And Babies Make 14
- Roche’s Genentech Bid Turns Hostile
- Roche’s Genentech Bid Turns Hostile
January 30, 2009
- Morning Rounds: ‘Putrid’ Peanuts, Soldier Suicides and the Octupulets’ Six Siblings
- Morning Rounds: ‘Putrid’ Peanuts, Soldier Suicides and the Octupulets’ Six Siblings
- FDA Panel Urges Ban of a Pain Drug
- FDA Panel Urges Ban of a Pain Drug
- FDA Panel Urges Ban of a Pain Drug
- Throwing the Book at Salt
- Salmonella Peanut Recalls: Expect More
- Salmonella Peanut Recalls: Expect More
- More to Fingerprints Than Catching Crooks
- More to Fingerprints Than Catching Crooks
- Diabetes Can Double Odds of Alzheimer’s
- Diabetes Can Double Odds of Alzheimer’s
- Senate Approves Children’s Health Bill
- Senate Approves Children’s Health Bill
- When Talking on the Phone May Endanger a Child
- Most Hospital Patients Unable to Identify Their Physicians, Survey Finds
- Belmont Journal: Smoking Ban Hits Home. Truly.
- Doctor and Patient: The Hidden Curriculum of Medical School
January 29, 2009
- Peanut Product Recall Grows in Salmonella Scare
- St. Louis a Challenge for Asthma Sufferers
- Home Repair Raises Lead Levels in Kids
- Dental Treatments Don’t Stop Preterm Births
- Recipes for Health: Middle Eastern Lentils With Pasta
- Study Suggests Preemie, Autism Link
- New Sign of Brain Damage in N.F.L.
January 28, 2009
- Salmonella Peanut Butter Recall Expands
- Common Chemicals May Affect Fertility
- Weight Loss May Reduce Incontinence
- Kidney Donors’ Life Spans Not Shortened
- Attention, Shopaholics: Your Weakness May Be a Proper Disease
- Bristol-Myers’s Reliance on Three Drugs Casts Doubt on Strategy
- Relief Seen for Jobless and States in Health Care Plan
- Sleep Is Sweet for Happily Married Women
- Bisphenol A May Linger in Body
- FDA OKs First Overactive Bladder Gel Gelnique
- Dissidents at F.D.A. Complain of Inquiry
January 27, 2009
- 7 Babies, Then (Surprise!) Another for Good Luck
- Brief, Rigorous Exercise Cuts Diabetes Risk
- More Salmonella Peanut Butter Recalls Coming
- Masturbation and Prostate Cancer Risk
- Mercury in High Fructose Corn Syrup?
- Vital Signs: Cleaner Air Found to Add 5 Months to Life
- Vital Signs: More Delays for Women in Emergency Care
- Many Childhood Cancer Survivors Skip Breast Cancer Screenings
- Books: Reality Intrudes on an Undercover Mental Patient
- Peanut Plant Had History of Health Lapses
- Personal Best: Fitness Isn’t an Overnight Sensation
- Cases: Post-Op Strategies: Painkillers, to Start
- A Life Changed but Not Destroyed by Polio
- Really?: The Claim: Hot Liquids Can Ease Symptoms of a Cold or Flu
- Spread of Malaria Feared as Drug Loses Potency
- The Epidemic That Wasn’t
- Well: The Myth of Rampant Teenage Promiscuity
- Patient Money: Seeing Straight Without Breaking the Bank
- Morning Rounds: New Malaria Pills, Discounted Hospital Fees and a Bird Flu Fatality
- Drug May Combat Frailty in Older Adults
- Personal Health: Babies Know: A Little Dirt Is Good for You
- Another Potential Benefit of Cutting Calories: Better Memory
- Medicare Widens Drugs It Accepts for Cancer
- Global Update: Tanzania: Government Bans Traditional Healers to Try to Save the Lives of Albinos
- Vital Signs: Behavior: Electricity to Brain May Aid Motor Skills
- Q & A: Air From the Freezer
January 26, 2009
- Expert Panel: Omega-6 Won't Hurt Heart
- Fracture Risk From Loop Diuretics Small
- Coffee Linked to Lower Dementia Risk
- Fewer Calories, Better Memory?
- Remove Second Breast to Prevent Cancer?
- Q & A: The Arctic Larder
- Infant Suffocation Deaths Are Rising
- ADHD Drugs: Hallucinations Not Uncommon
- Jesse Olson, 84, Organizer for 1199 Health Care Union, Is Dead
January 25, 2009
January 24, 2009
- Health | Jersey City: A Soap Opera’s Sex Is All for a Good Cause
- Health | Jersey City: A Soap Opera’s Sex Is All for a Good Cause
- Morning Rounds: New C.D.C. Leadership, Magical Budgets and a Disturbing Infection
- Pig-to-Human Ebola Case Suspected in Philippines
- New Rules on Doctors and Medical Firms Amid Ethics Concerns
- New Rules on Doctors and Medical Firms Amid Ethics Concerns
January 23, 2009
- 1st Human Embryonic Stem Cell Study Set
- F.D.A. Approves a Stem Cell Trial
- Hib Outbreak Kills Unvaccinated Child
- Dementia More Likely in Some Isolated and Inactive Seniors, Study Finds
- Sepsis Threatens Brazilian Model's Life
- Household Cleaning Bad for Asthma?
- Death Sentences in Chinese Milk Case
- List of Tainted Peanut Butter Items Points to Complexity of Food Production
- More Americans Skipping Necessary Prescriptions, Survey Finds
January 22, 2009
- Baby Chicks Crawling With Salmonella
- Well: Your Nest Is Empty? Enjoy Each Other
- Drug Making’s Move Abroad Stirs Concerns
- Doctor and Patient: Building a Healthy Community, One Child at a Time
- Skin Deep: Flush Those Toxins! Eh, Not So Fast
- Growing Need for Medicaid Strains States
- Children’s Staph Infections Increasingly Resistant to Drugs
- Smoking Linked to More Than Lung Cancer
- Salt May Restrict Blood Flow to Heart
- A Conversation With Robert L. Martensen: A Front-Row Seat as a Health Care System Goes Awry
- $630 Million Donated Toward Polio Eradication Efforts
January 21, 2009
- Top Kitchen Toy? The Cellphone
- Salmonella Factoids
- Peanut Butter Salmonella Outbreak Rages On
- Life Expectancy Up, Thanks to Cleaner Air
- Vital Signs: Cleaner Air Extending Lives, Study Shows
- Saliva Test for Diabetes, Prediabetes
- Drug Making’s Move Abroad Stirs Concerns
- Trials for Parents Who Chose Faith Over Medicine
- Trials for Parents Who Chose Faith Over Medicine
- Vaginal Treatment Prevents Herpes
- Blueberries May Shrink Tumors in Babies
- Morning Rounds: Tainted Peanut Butter, Clean Hands and Health Care Jobs
- Children’s Staph Infections Increasingly Resistant to Drugs
January 20, 2009
- Ted Kennedy Has Seizure at Inaugural Luncheon
- Obama Will Ease Restraints on States’ Health Insurance Programs for Children
- Obama Will Ease Restraints on States’ Health Insurance Programs for Children
- Medication for Anxiety Helps Older Adults
- Dementia Rarer in Calm, Outgoing People
- GERD Procedures Ditch Scalpels
- Personal Health: Trying Anything and Everything for Autism
- Personal Health: Trying Anything and Everything for Autism
- MRSA Infections in Kids on the Rise
- Q & A: The Arctic Larder
- A Conversation With Robert L. Martensen: A Front-Row Seat as a Health Care System Goes Awry
- Peanut Butter Product Recall List Grows
- Hunger Control: Women the Weaker Sex?
- Global Update: In Senegal, Where AIDS Efforts Are Often Praised, Prison for Counselors Is a Surprise
- Mind: Sex and Depression: In the Brain, if Not the Mind
- Mind: Sex and Depression: In the Brain, if Not the Mind
- After Hookups, E-Cards That Warn, ‘Get Checked’
- After Hookups, E-Cards That Warn, ‘Get Checked’
- Checklist Reduces Deaths in Surgery
- More Recalls of Peanut Butter Products Announced
- More Recalls of Peanut Butter Products Announced
- Vital Statistics: Trends Shift, With Births on the Rise
- Vital Statistics: Trends Shift, With Births on the Rise
- Well: Your Nest Is Empty? Enjoy Each Other
- Really?: The Claim: Eye Color Can Have an Effect on Vision
- Really?: The Claim: Eye Color Can Have an Effect on Vision
- Essay: The Evolutionary Search for Our Perfect Past
- Essay: The Evolutionary Search for Our Perfect Past
- Vital Signs: Higher Alcohol Taxes, Less Drinking
- Vital Signs: Higher Alcohol Taxes, Less Drinking
- Vital Signs: Gender Gap Found in Kidney Transplants
- Vital Signs: Gender Gap Found in Kidney Transplants
January 19, 2009
- Patient Money: Health Care You Can’t Afford Not to Afford
- Morning Rounds: Aging Presidents, Mistaken Fathers and Silent Bird Flu
- Little Debbie Crackers Join List of Peanut Butter Recalls
- Books of The Times: Smiley Faces in Our Chromosomes
January 18, 2009
January 17, 2009
- Grab the Remote, the Doctor’s In
- FDA, CDC: Don't Eat Peanut Butter Products
- Salmonella: Not Just Peanut Butter?
- In F.D.A. Files, Claims of Rush to Approve Devices
- Milk Scandal in China Yields Cash for Parents
- National Briefing | Science and Health: Federal Inquiry Into Salmonella Outbreak Widens
January 16, 2009
- Morning Rounds: Anger’s Face, Children’s Clothing and Drug Company Layoffs
- Report Criticizes F.D.A. on Device Testing
- Synthetic HDL Cholesterol in the Works
- Coffee Strong Enough to Ward Off Dementia?
- Her Bulge, His Book and Their Plan B
- Desire, Confidence Are Keys to Fitness
- The Stuffing Dreams Are Made Of?
- UnitedHealth Settlement Near, but Faces a Protest
- Recipes for Health: Brown Rice Fusilli With Broccoli Rabe or Greens
January 15, 2009
- Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder: Gene Link?
- Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder: Gene Link?
- Moms Help Moms Duck Postpartum Depression
- Skin Deep: Seeking Self-Esteem Through Surgery
- Lilly Said to Be Near $1.4 Billion U.S. Settlement
- FDA OKs Fibromyalgia Drug Savella
- Oprah and Bioidentical Hormones: FAQ
- Doctor and Patient: Putting a Price on Compassion
- 'Concrete' Ways to Beat Procrastination
- Kellogg: Don't Eat Peanut Butter Crackers
- Morning Rounds: Webcam Doctors, Recalled Snacks and Young Mothers
- Sleeping Pills Rising in Popularity Among Young Adults
- National Briefing | Health: Nationwide Recall for Peanut Butter
- Study Finds Drug Risks With Newer Antipsychotics
- Recipes for Health: Rice Noodle Salad
- A Surgeon Finds Clients at Home
January 14, 2009
- House Votes to Expand Children’s Health Care
- Morning Rounds: Dangerous Cribs, Drugstore Doctors and Rising S.T.D.’s
- Steve Jobs Taking Medical Leave of Absence
- New Estimates for IVF Live Birth Rates
- Newer Antipsychotics Risky for Heart
- Is Mom's Diet a Key to Her Baby's Sex?
- N.F.L. Sees Decline in Drug-Resistant Infection
- Anti-Smoking Advocate Is Named to Health Post
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Tougher on Women?
- A Device to Avert Strokes Lacks Proof That It Works
- Love the Long Eyelashes. Who’s Your Doctor?
- Pfizer to Cut Researchers as It Hones Its Focus
January 13, 2009
- More May Benefit From Cholesterol Drugs
- Genetic Clues to Cancer Risk From GERD
- Gender Gap in Heart Care Extends to 911
- Antidepressants Help Treat Fibromyalgia
- No Link Between Cell Phone, Eye Cancer
- Susceptibility to Colds Linked to a Lack of Sleep
- Congress Set to Renew Health Care for Children
- STD Trends: Chlamydia, Syphilis Rising
- Book Is Rallying Resistance to the Antivaccine Crusade
- Morning Rounds: Conflicted Scientists, Fish Oil Therapy and Migrant Surgeons
- Recipes for Health: New Options for Allergy-Free Pastas
- Big Health Insurer Agrees to Update Its Fee Data
- Cases Without Borders: For Gaza Psychologist, Hope Amid Despair
- 18 and Under: Making Room for Miss Manners Is a Parenting Basic
- Abbott Labs Buys Rival
- F.D.A. Eases Off-Label Drug Rules
- Vicks VapoRub Misuse May Hurt Kids
- Really?: The Claim: Chocolate Can Be Disruptive to Sleep
- Well: A Problem of the Brain, Not the Hands: Group Urges Phone Ban for Drivers
- Personal Health: New Thinking on How to Protect the Heart
- Vital Signs: Prognosis: Left Behind in Prostate Cancer Screening
- Vital Signs: Smoking Ban Improves a City’s Health
- A Breakthrough in Imaging: Seeing a Virus in Three Dimensions
- Observatory: A Microscopic Tool Inspired by the Human Hand
January 12, 2009
- News Analysis: A Governor With No Money Seeks to Improve the People’s Health
- Notes to Soothe the Savage Cells
- Fitness: Disease Invades a Body, and Endorphins Kick In
- Good Night’s Sleep Puts Colds to Bed
- High Blood Pressure Climbs in Winter
- Kids With Chronic Illnesses Stay Active
- A Tactic to Cut I.C.U. Trauma: Get Patients Up
- The Minimalist: Fresh Start for a New Year? Let’s Begin in the Kitchen
- F.D.A. Is Lax on Oversight During Trials, Inquiry Finds
- My Genome, My Self
- My Genome, My Self
January 11, 2009
- Director of Disease Control Centers Resigns
- Director of Disease Control Centers Resigns
- Donald F. Gleason, 88, Dies; Devised Prostate Test
- Donald F. Gleason, 88, Dies; Devised Prostate Test
- News Analysis: A Governor With No Money Seeks to Improve the People’s Health
- Digital Domain: You’ve Been Talking (or Pressing ‘Send’) in Your Sleep
- Digital Domain: You’ve Been Talking (or Pressing ‘Send’) in Your Sleep
- Health | White Plains: Vans Take H.I.V. Tests to Neighborhood Spots
January 10, 2009
January 9, 2009
- Morning Rounds: F.D.A. Mismanagement, Gaza’s Ambulance Runs and New Support for a Cholesterol Drug
- Medical Journal Changes Its Policy After Criticism by Group
- Daschle Lays Out a Plan to Overhaul Health Care
- Patrick Swayze Hospitalized With Pneumonia
- Treating Bipolar Depression
- Brown’s Anatomy
- Light on Sleep, Heavy on Snacks?
- Spouses Share Risks for Heart Disease
- Generations: In the Gym to Banish Ho-Hum With Gung-Ho
- Schools: Moving From Team Sport to Lifelong Fitness
- Too Much Overtime Takes Mental Toll
- Doctor and Patient: In Search of a Good Doctor
- Salmonella Outbreak Sickens Hundreds
- Seniors Mixing Prescription and O.T.C. Drugs
- Major Flu Strain Found Resistant to Leading Drug, Puzzling Scientists
January 8, 2009
- Early Caesareans Pose Risks to Newborns
- Autism Cases on the Rise
- Flawed Results on Some Vitamin D Tests
- Melanoma Increase Is Real
- Saliva Test for Autism in the Works
- Nicotine Gum OK for Gradual Quitters
- Focus Shifts for Long-Term Diabetes
- Obama Says He Will Seek Overhaul of Retiree Spending
- Higher Co-Payments a Bar for Seniors Needing Mental Health Care
- Daschle to Face Tough Questions on Competition in Health Insurance
- Report Faults U.S. Measure of Cancer Risk
- Quest Acknowledges Errors in Vitamin D Tests
January 7, 2009
- Study Links Obesity to Ovarian Cancer
- Salmonella Outbreak Hits 42 States
- Early Planned C-Sections Put Baby at Risk
- Patrick Swayze Opens Up About Pancreatic Cancer
- Child's Death Is First of Flu Season
- Child's Death Is 1st of Flu Season
- CNN Reporter Tops List for Surgeon General
- Teen Birth Rates on the Rise
- Morning Rounds: Bird Flu, Fire Hazards and a Vaccine for Boys
- Paterson Would Insure Dependents Up to Age 29
January 6, 2009
- Cases: The Instincts to Trust Are Usually the Patient’s
- Personal Health: More Isn’t Always Better in Coronary Care
- Global Update: Hemorrhagic Fever Reappears in Congo
- Food, Cosmetic Labels to Note Dye Derived From Bug
- Brain Device May Ease Parkinson's
- Out-of-Pocket Medical Spending Up
- Vital Signs: A Note to the Wise on MySpace Helps
- Vital Signs: Early Weight Problems Often Undiagnosed
- Garlic's Cancer Benefits Challenged
- Health Spending Slows, but Will It Last?
- U.S. Daredevils Admit Risky Business
- Vital Signs: Gasping Misunderstood in Heart Attacks
- Mind: Some Protect the Ego by Working on Their Excuses Early
- Second Opinion: Should Patients Be Told of Better Care Elsewhere?
- Doctors Will Make Web Calls in Hawaii
- Doctors Will Make Web Calls in Hawaii
- Spending Rise for Health Care and Prescription Drugs Slows
- Spending Rise for Health Care and Prescription Drugs Slows
- Coming Down on Tobacco
- Coming Down on Tobacco
- Cases: The Instincts to Trust Are Usually the Patient’s
- Well: With the Right Motivation, That Home Gym Makes Sense
- Well: With the Right Motivation, That Home Gym Makes Sense
- Vital Statistics: Accidental Injuries Higher in Rural Areas
- Vital Statistics: Accidental Injuries Higher in Rural Areas
- Really?: The Claim: Some Men Are More Likely to Father Boys
- Really?: The Claim: Some Men Are More Likely to Father Boys
- Personal Health: More Isn’t Always Better in Coronary Care
- Vital Signs: Gasping Misunderstood in Heart Attacks
- Vital Signs: A Note to the Wise on MySpace Helps
- Vital Signs: Early Weight Problems Often Undiagnosed
- Global Update: Hemorrhagic Fever Reappears in Congo
- Mind: Some Protect the Ego by Working on Their Excuses Early
- Q & A: Microwaves and Leaks
- Q & A: Microwaves and Leaks
- Second Opinion: Should Patients Be Told of Better Care Elsewhere?
January 5, 2009
- Blood Sugar Control Linked to Memory Decline, Study Says
- Steve Jobs' Hormonal Imbalance: FAQ
- CFS Linked to Childhood Trauma
- Bulimia Tied to Brain Differences
- Kawasaki Disease: No Link to Travolta Death
- Walk to Ward Off Age-Related Weight Gain
- Diabetes Slows Brain Function
- For Privacy’s Sake, Taking Risks to End Pregnancy
- For Privacy’s Sake, Taking Risks to End Pregnancy
January 4, 2009
- Law on Flu Vaccinations May Be Tested
- Law on Flu Vaccinations May Be Tested
- Lives: Forbidden Nonfruit
- Lives: Forbidden Nonfruit
- Consumed: Slow Pitch
- Consumed: Slow Pitch
January 3, 2009
- A New Cigarette Hazard: ‘Third-Hand Smoke’
- A New Cigarette Hazard: ‘Third-Hand Smoke’
- Morning Rounds: Missing Surgeons, Financial Worries and Safer Cigarettes
- Morning Rounds: Missing Surgeons, Financial Worries and Safer Cigarettes
- Recipes for Health: Red Lentil and Bulgur Kufteh
- Recipes for Health: Red Lentil and Bulgur Kufteh
- Well: Keeping That Diet Resolution
- Well: Keeping That Diet Resolution
January 2, 2009
- Fosamax: Higher Risk of Jawbone Death?
- Fosamax: Higher Risk of Jawbone Death?
- Women Warned: Eat Less or Weigh More
- Women Warned: Eat Less or Weigh More
- Skin Deep: To Squint or to See the Light
- Skin Deep: To Squint or to See the Light
- Which Kids Need Antidepressants?
- Which Kids Need Antidepressants?
- Rough Crossing
- Rough Crossing
- Recipes for Health: Fava Bean Soup With Mint
- Economy Blunts Korea’s Appetite for Plastic Surgery
