Archive for February, 2009
February 28, 2009
- Recipes for Health: Couscous With Black-Eyed Peas and Greens
- Unboxed: How to Make Electronic Medical Records a Reality
- Rhena Schweitzer Miller, 90, Dies; Aided Father’s Work
- House Bill Expected on F.D.A. Control of Tobacco
- Patient Money: Advice to the Jobless on Getting Health Coverage
- The Saturday Profile: Preparing to End Her Life, While Protecting Another
- Drug Maker’s E-Mail Released in Seroquel Lawsuit
- Morning Rounds: Flu Drugs, a University Probe and Banned Generics
February 27, 2009
- New Drug Helps Slow Prostate Cancer
- Drilling Down the Budget: Obama Offers Broad Plan to Revamp Health Care
- Doodling May Boost Memory
- Metoclopramide Drugs Get 'Black Box' Warning
- Mental Fatigue Can Make Exercise Harder
- Personal Best: The Barriers Fell, One Year, One Step at a Time
- Weight Loss May Take 250 Minutes of Exercise
- Expert Q & A: 10 Questions You Need to Ask About Colonoscopy
- National Briefing | Washington: Stem-Cell Bill Is Reintroduced
- National Briefing | Science and Health: Second Team Says It Has Flu Antibody
- In Trial, Drug Eases a Symptom of MS
- Heart Device Dispute Renews Push for User Registry
- Some Prenatal Vitamins Lack Iodine, Study Finds
- Morning Rounds: Food-Borne Illnesses, Another Flu Death and the Costs of Alzheimer’s Disease
- Doctor and Patient: Does Oversight Threaten the Doctor-Patient Bond?
February 26, 2009
- Experimental MS Drug May Aid Walking
- Obama Wants $634 Billion for Health Care
- Statins Cut Deaths From Prostate Cancer
- Moral Disgust Linked to Primitive Emotion
- To Pay for Health Care, Obama Looks to Taxes on Affluent
- What’s Eating Our Kids? Fears About ‘Bad’ Foods
- The Most Dangerous Place to Drive?
- Older Men Urged to Consider a Drug to Prevent Prostate Cancer
- Recipes for Health: Couscous With Beans and Cauliflower
- 1 in 3 Common Cancers May Be Preventable
- Son’s Death Recasts Image of a British Leader
- Study Finds More Failure of Heart Device
- A Stir Over Plan to Grade New York City’s Restaurants
- Advertising: A Push to Spell Out a Drug’s Risks and Benefits
- Medicare Spending Still Varies Widely by Region
- Drug Maker Is Accused of Fraud
February 25, 2009
- Economic Scene: Like Having Medicare? Then Taxes Must Rise
- Best Diet? The One You'll Follow
- Recipes for Health: Fish Couscous
- Hormones May Play a Role in Parkinson's
- New Way to Predict Prostate Cancer Risk
- Teen Obesity as Deadly as Smoking
- Why Hair Goes Gray
- Calcium Linked to Lower Colon Cancer Risk, Study Finds
- Recipes for Health: Couscous With Winter Vegetables and Beans
- Study Cites Obstacles for Poor to Renew Health Insurance
- Study Documents the Stress of Waiting for Biopsy Results
- Advertising: Frito-Lay Tries to Enter the Minds (and Lunch Bags) of Women
- F.D.A. Consolidates at Former Navy Site
- Market Place: Big Drug Makers May Seek to Fill Holes in Roster
- The Taste Bone’s Connected to the … Soup Bone
- First Mention: Penicillin, 1940
February 24, 2009
- Morning Rounds: Medical Marijuana, Hospital Laborists and Americans Without Insurance
- Drug May Help Prevent Prostate Cancer
- Panel: Health Picture Poor for Uninsured
- After a Devastating Birth Injury, Hope
- Alcohol Linked to Cancer Risk in Women
- Diabetes in Pregnancy Tied to Depression
- Health Spending to Double by 2018
- Well: The 3 R’s? A Fourth Is Crucial, Too: Recess
- After Abuse, Changes in the Brain
- In Turnabout, Children Take Caregiver Role
- Books: In the Open at Last, a Secret All Women Share
- Really?: The Claim: Sugar in the Diet Can Lead to Acne
- Personal Health: Putting Muscle Behind End-of-Life Wishes
- Global Update: Pneumonia: Grant Will Allow Testing in Poor Countries to Determine Causes of a Common Killer
- Taking Blood, No Questions
- Vital Signs: Behavior: On Sunblock Use, Lifeguards Follow Along
- Vital Signs: Aging: Vitamin D Levels Tied to Dementia Risk
February 23, 2009
- Calcium May Cut Cancer Risk
- Can B Vitamins Lower Risk of Blindness?
- Low Vitamin D Levels Linked to Colds
- Antibodies Offer a New Path for Fighting Flu
- Obama Is Asked to Reappoint Ground Zero Health Official
- Before Big Dinner, the First Lady Gives a Kitchen Tour
- Potato Products Recalled for Listeria Risk
February 22, 2009
February 21, 2009
- What’s Wrong With Summer Stiers?
- Cleveland Clinic Gets Victim of Chimp Attack
- Morning Rounds: Everyday Poisonings, Psoriasis Drug Deaths and Wider Use of Statins
February 20, 2009
- Health Care Industry in Talks to Shape Policy
- Vitamins May Cut Stroke Risk
- Peanut Flour May Ease Peanut Allergy
- Diagnosis: Feverish Times
- Smoking at Young Age May Raise MS Risk
- Elderly May Feel Brunt of Global Warming
- Early Menopause May Double Stroke Risk
- Robots Give Stroke Patients a Helping Hand
- Lawmakers Seek to Return Right to Sue Device Makers
- Guilty Pleas in Inquiry Into Stryker’s Marketing
- Peer Portner, Heart Pioneer, Dies at 69
- Suit Progresses on Housing for Mentally Ill
- Heart Stents Found as Effective as Bypass for Many Patients
- Morning Rounds: Another Salmonella Outbreak, a Popular Cancer Vaccine and a Drug Patent Under Fire
February 19, 2009
- Doctor and Patient: Getting Off the Patient Treadmill
- 1 Million U.S. AIDS Cases
- Another Blow Against Trans Fats in Foods
- Brain Device OK'd for OCD Treatment
- Recipes for Health: Japanese Spinach With Sesame Dressing
- Do Dreams Reveal Hidden Truths?
- Where Fast Food Joints Abound, So Do Strokes
- Psoriasis Drug Raptiva Tied to Brain Infection
- Tea, Coffee May Reduce Stroke Risk
- Kansas Governor Seen as Top Choice in Health Post
- Screening for Rare Genetic Disorders Now Routine in Newborns
- Fitness: Great Workout, Forget the View
- Our Towns: Giving Away Medical Care Isn’t Easy
- Outsourcing of Drug Trials Is Faulted
- $8 Million Award in First Solo Tobacco Trial
- Bringing Égalité Home
February 18, 2009
- U.S. to Compare Medical Treatments
- Morning Rounds: Contaminated Water, Flu Deaths and Flawed Insurance Reimbursement
- Heart Attack Care: Drugs vs. Stents
- For Uninsured Young Adults, Do-It-Yourself Health Care
- The Minimalist: Your Morning Pizza
- Evenflo ExerSaucer Recalled for Injury Risk
- Top Health Risks for Young Adults
- Flu Bug Eludes Vaccine — Again
- Court Upholds the City’s Rule Requiring Some Restaurants to Post Calorie Counts
- Beijing Investigates Transplants for Tourists
- Jerry Yang, Who Did Early Cloning Work, Dies at 49
- Cancer Survivors Struggle to Find Jobs, Study Finds
February 17, 2009
- Hefty Health Spending in Stimulus Bill
- Too Much 'Joy' in Cookbook Calories?
- Cancer Survivors Face Employment Hurdles
- Arthritis Treatments Raise Shingles Risk
- MRSA Decreases in Intensive Care Units
- A Promising Treatment for Athletes, in Blood
- Cases: Physical Therapy and the Camaraderie of Healing
- Patient Voices: In Blindness, a Bold New Artistic Vision
- Biotech Companies Claim Easing of Europe’s Crop Bans
- Morning Rounds: Nursing Home Restraints, Contaminated Baby Formula and the Bedbug Invasion
- Really?: The Claim: Sunscreen Prevents Vitamin D Production
- Varying Sweat Scents Are Noted by Women
- Personal Health: Sweeteners: Real Aid or Excuse to Indulge?
- Vital Signs: Regimens: Drug-Infused Gum Reduces Phosphate
- Vital Signs: Risks: Pets Might Motivate Smokers to Quit
- Vital Signs: Exercise: Warm-Ups Help Surgeons Keep Limber
- Global Update: Study Shows Signs of Slow Progress in the Search for an H.I.V. Microbicide
- Bid to Stop the Killing of Albinos
- Some Find Hope for a Shift in Drug Policy
- Q & A: Vitamin or Drug?
- Well: Vitamin Pills: A False Hope?
- Picture Emerging on Genetic Risks of IVF
February 16, 2009
- Closing a Heart Hole May Help Migraines
- How Many Kids Need Cholesterol Drugs?
- Mediterranean Diet Helps Women's Hearts
- Coffee Cuts Stroke Risk in Women
- Beta-Blocker May Erase Fearful Memories
- FDA OKs New Gout Drug Uloric
- 'Major Advance' in HIV Gene Therapy
February 15, 2009
February 14, 2009
- Sensors Help Keep the Elderly Safe, and at Home
- Patient Money: How Not to Get Blindsided by Out-of-Network Fees
- Many Americans Unaware of Food Recalls, Survey Finds
- Recipes for Health: Sicilian Pistachio Sauce
- Specter, a Fulcrum of the Stimulus Bill, Pulls Off a Coup for Health Money
- Paterson Lowers Expectations on Soda Tax, Calling Approval Unlikely
- Generation B: Doc, Make Me New Again
- Peanut Corporation of America to Liquidate
February 13, 2009
- Morning Rounds: Legionnaire’s Discovery, Rising Condom Sales and Another Multiple Pregnancy
- Americans Fuzzy on Peanut Product Recalls
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Pancreatic Cancer Found Early
- Health Guidelines Ignored Before Pregnancy
- Doctor and Patient: Lessons From the Bedside Exam
- Belly Fat Linked to Risk of Migraines
- Influenza Linked to Absolute Humidity
- Active Life May Cut Colon Cancer Risk
- Government’s New Online Cancer Risk Tool Omits Minorities
- Obesity During Pregnancy Linked to Infant Birth Defects
- Court Says Vaccine Not to Blame for Autism
- China to Investigate French Company Over Claims of Tainted Formula
- Willem Kolff, Doctor Who Invented Kidney and Heart Machines, Dies at 97
- Cure for the Common Cold? Not Yet, but Possible
- Medicare Blow to Virtual Colonoscopies
- I.R.S. Study Tries to Assess if Hospitals Earn Tax Breaks
February 12, 2009
- City Unveils Facebook Page to Encourage Condom Use
- A.M.A. Joins Several States in Suing Aetna and Cigna
- Secondhand Smoke Bad for Brain?
- Teenage Smokers Prefer 2 Major Brands
- Birth of Octuplets Puts Focus on Fertility Clinics
- Really?: The Claim: Never Blow Your Nose When You Have a Cold
- Psoriasis Drug May Ease Psoriatic Arthritis
- Vaccine Court Rejects Autism Claims
- Peanut Products Sent Out Before Tests
- Morning Rounds: Health Reform Support, Warnings on Peanuts and Madoff’s Newest Victims
- Bone Drugs May Help Fight Breast Cancer
- Sanofi Drug Found Promising for Heart Ailment
- Novartis Buys Rights to a Drug to Thin Blood
February 11, 2009
- Financial Incentives Help Smokers Quit
- Blood Clue May Predict Adult Leukemia
- Women Often Unaware of Stroke Risk
- Obesity a Pain in the Back?
- In New Procedure, Artificial Arm Listens to Brain
- Key Piece to Prostate Cancer Puzzle Found
- National Briefing | West: California: Inquiry in Fertility Case
- F.D.A. Finds ‘Natural’ Diet Pills Laced With Drugs
- Personal Health: America’s Diet: Too Sweet by the Spoonful
- Advertising: A Birth Control Pill That Promised Too Much
February 10, 2009
- Peanut Product Recalls Top 1,800
- Surgery Improves Use of Artificial Arms
- Vaginal Gel Cuts Women's HIV Risk
- Obesity Carries Pregnancy Risks
- David C. Sabiston Jr., Heart Surgeon, Dies at 84
- Octuplets' Birth Sparks Fertility Debate
- Personal Health: America’s Diet: Too Sweet by the Spoonful
- New Child Product Safety Law Starts
- New Child Product Safety Law Starts
- Top 5 Reasons for Skipping Sex
- Top 5 Reasons for Skipping Sex
- Well: Love in the Time of Prostate Cancer
- Well: Love in the Time of Prostate Cancer
- Morning Rounds: H.I.V. Prevention, Overweight Soliders and Paying for the Octuplets
- Morning Rounds: H.I.V. Prevention, Overweight Soliders and Paying for the Octuplets
- 18 and Under: The Cough-and-Sniffle Question: When to Keep a Child Home?
- 18 and Under: The Cough-and-Sniffle Question: When to Keep a Child Home?
- F.D.A. Finds ‘Natural’ Diet Pills Laced With Drugs
- Recipes for Health: Add Nuts to Your Diet With Sauces, Not Snacks
- Recipes for Health: Add Nuts to Your Diet With Sauces, Not Snacks
- David C. Sabiston Jr., Heart Surgeon, Dies at 84
- F.D.A. to Place New Limits on Prescriptions of Narcotics
- F.D.A. to Place New Limits on Prescriptions of Narcotics
- Death Ends Coma Case That Set Off Furor in Italy
- Death Ends Coma Case That Set Off Furor in Italy
- Itineraries: Traveling Mothers Face Hurdles in Pumping Breast Milk
- Itineraries: Traveling Mothers Face Hurdles in Pumping Breast Milk
- Vital Signs: Behavior: TV Time Linked to Depression in Future
- Vital Signs: Regimens: Multivitamins Not Found to Reduce Risks
- Vital Signs: Regimens: Multivitamins Not Found to Reduce Risks
- Cases: In Matters of the Heart, Luck Can Make All the Difference
- Cases: In Matters of the Heart, Luck Can Make All the Difference
- Really?: The Claim: Never Blow Your Nose When You Have a Cold
February 9, 2009
- Young Black Men Unaware of H.I.V. Risks, Survey Finds
- Young Black Men Unaware of H.I.V. Risks, Survey Finds
- Peanut Case Shows Holes in Safety Net
- Peanut Case Shows Holes in Safety Net
- Risk to Pets Motivates Smokers to Quit
- Risk to Pets Motivates Smokers to Quit
- Can You Name 3 Trans Fat Foods?
- Can You Name 3 Trans Fat Foods?
- Mediterranean Diet May Preserve Memory
- Mediterranean Diet May Preserve Memory
- Multivitamins May Not Cut Cancer Odds
- Multivitamins May Not Cut Cancer Odds
- Patient Money: Strategies for Saving on Prescription Drugs
February 8, 2009
- The Way We Live Now: The Toxic Paradox
- Obituaries: William T. Close, Who Helped Control Ebola Epidemic in Congo, Dies at 84
February 7, 2009
- Peanut Supplier Banned From Federal Business
- Fallout Widens as Buyers Shun Peanut Butter
- F.D.A. Approves Drug From Gene-Altered Goats
- 84 Children Are Killed by Medicine in Nigeria
- Morning Rounds: New Abortion Policies, Mental Health Outreach and the Octuplets’ Mother’s Story
- Gene Study Finds Link to Cancer of Thyroid
- UnitedHealth and I.B.M. Test Health Care Plan
- Building on the Abs of Madonna and Gwyneth
February 6, 2009
- Eyes Offer Clues to Age and Alertness
- Vitamin D May Cut Multiple Sclerosis Risk
- Smokers Have Rapid Aging Defect
- Fertility Drugs and Ovarian Cancer Not Linked, Study Says
- Doctor and Patient: When Doctors and Nurses Can’t Do the Right Thing
- Reinvent Wheel? Blue Room. Defusing a Bomb? Red Room.
- Army Data Show Rise in Number of Suicides
February 5, 2009
- Fertility Drugs, Ovarian Cancer: No Link
- Insured Cancer Patients Face High Costs
- 5 Questions: A Surprising Link Between Diabetes and Alzheimer's
- Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has Pancreatic Cancer Surgery
- Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has Pancreatic Cancer Surgery
- Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has Pancreatic Cancer Surgery
- Back Story: Don’t We Already Have a Health Plan for the Poor?
- Color Yourself Cautious or Creative
- Kids with Asthma Don’t Miss More School
- Genes vs. Behavior: What Makes Us Age?
- Fitness: Dieting? Put Your Money Where Your Fat Is
- Obama Signs Children’s Health Insurance Bill
- Vanity’s Downturn: Botox Use, and Allergan Sales, Dip
- Skin Deep: It’s Cold and Your Skin Is Suffering. So What Are You Doing to Moisturize?
- In New York, Insurer Settles Its Dispute on Payments
February 4, 2009
- Who’s Sticking With Us?
- In Kitchen, ‘Losers’ Start From Scratch
- Obama Signs Kids' Health Insurance Bill
- Menopause Hormone Therapy: 'Safe' Time?
- RSV: Winter Virus Common Cause of Illness
- Unboxed: Disruptive Innovation, Applied to Health Care
- F.D.A. Panel Endorses Lilly Blood Thinner
- Blue Light Kills MRSA
- The New Old Age: Elder Abuse: All in the Family?
- News Analysis: Nominee Slip Hurts Health Care Drive
- Health Insurance: What You Need to Know
- Morning Rounds: Knockoff Drugs, Bird Flu and an Unlicensed Peanut Plant
- Blogosphere: ‘A Perfect Storm of Unethical Medical Care’
- Report Recommends Revising New York’s Drug Laws
- Whittier Journal: Octuplets, 6 Siblings, and Many Questions
- InterMune Stock Soars on Results of Lung Disease Drug Study
February 3, 2009
- Heart Rate Predicts Women's Heart Risk
- New Oral Cancer Tests: Crucial or Wasteful?
- Mushrooms Cut Grapefruit/Drug Effect
- Higher Altitude, Better Dialysis Outcome?
- Radiation From Cardiac CT Scans Varies
- Personal Health: Best Treatment for TMJ May Be Nothing
- Psoriasis Ointment Gets FDA Approval
- Weight Loss Reduces Incontinence in Women
- A Company Prospers by Saving Poor People’s Lives
- Peanut Product Recall Took Company Approval
- Mind: The Muddled Tracks of All Those Tears
- Sports of The Times: Baseball to Focus Attention on Gehrig’s Disease
- Small Payroll, but Big Woes on Insurance
- Quick Tests for Cancer of Colon Reviewed
- Children Who Take Vitamins Often Don’t Need Them
- Really?: The Claim: Sitting in a Sauna Can Relieve Cold Symptoms
- Well: Telling Food Allergies From False Alarms
- Transfer of Mother’s Cells Molds Baby’s Immunity
- Vital Signs: Behavior: $1? No Thanks. 100 Cents? You Bet.
- Vital Signs: Exercise: Muscle Strengthening Aids New Knees
- Aetna Agrees to Pay $5 Million to Reimburse Students
February 2, 2009
- Insulin May Protect Mind, Memory
- Enoki Mushrooms Recalled Because of Listeria
- Vital Signs: Children: Recess Found to Improve Behavior
- Mental Illness and Violence: A Link?
- Higher Education, Lower Alzheimer’s Risk
- Kids Who Take Vitamins May Not Need Them
- Hormone Linked to Postpartum Depression
- After Departure, No Leader for U.S. AIDS Program
- Patient Money: Making the Most of Flexible Spending Accounts
- Why the Sting of Layoffs Can Be Sharper for Men
- Spinach and Peanuts, With a Dash of Radiation
- Morning Rounds: A Dangerous Herbicide, a Late Flu Season and the Octuplets’ Troubled Home
