Nov 18 Watch News Wrap: New health calculator may overestimate cholesterol risk News Wrap: New health calculator may overestimate cholesterol risk… Continue watching
Nov 15 Watch In some states, more poor Americans get health care under expanded Medicaid In some states, more poor Americans get health care under expanded Medicaid… Continue watching
Nov 15 One man’s rise from ‘Dr. Unqualified’ to surgeon-in-chief By Dr. Howard Markel In a monthly column for PBS NewsHour, Dr. Howard Markel revisits moments that changed the course of modern health and medicine on their anniversaries, like the confirmation of C. Everett Koop as surgeon general on Nov. 16, 1981. Photo… Continue reading
Nov 14 Participation in youth football on the decline The chief medical officer for the Pop Warner youth football league believes that concern over head injuries has led to a decline in participation. Photo by Flickr User wynner3 The recent spotlight on concussions in the National… Continue reading
Nov 14 Will low online enrollments hobble the new health law? Photo by Michael Nagle/Getty Images Hope that the health law's online insurance marketplaces will work well enough to enroll millions this fall had already faded before the administration disclosed results Wednesday. News that only 27,000 had signed up for… Continue reading
Nov 14 In reversal, Obama to allow canceled health plans .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } President Obama announced changes to… Continue reading
Nov 13 Watch New statin guidelines expand how doctors calculate which patients could benefit New statin guidelines expand how doctors calculate which patients could benefit… Continue watching
Nov 13 Watch Sick Americans find solace in health reform’s pre-existing conditions guarantee Sick Americans find solace in health reform's pre-existing conditions guarantee… Continue watching
Nov 13 Roughly 106,000 Americans have signed up under the new health law, short of expectation WASHINGTON -- Putting a statistic on disappointment, the Obama administration revealed Wednesday that fewer than 27,000 people signed up for private health insurance last month in the 36 states relying on a problem-filled federal website. States running their own enrollment… Continue reading
Nov 13 Schools urged to stockpile medications to treat serious food allergy reactions Photo by Getty Images WASHINGTON -- The deaths of two girls in Illinois and Virginia from severe food allergies have helped spur efforts to get schools to stockpile emergency medications that can save lives. That effort has now reached the… Continue reading