Nov 20 Watch Move to extend canceled health care plans has legal, practical complications Move to extend canceled health care plans has legal, practical complications… Continue watching
Nov 20 Doctors worry new marketplace health plans will pay less, confuse patients By Kaiser Health News Doctors are concerned that new, cheaper marketplace health care plans could result in a two-tiered system Getty Images Many doctors are disturbed they will be paid less -- often a lot less -- to care for the millions of… Continue reading
Nov 19 Children losing the race in cardiovascular fitness to their parents, study says Children are lagging behind their counterparts from 30 years ago in cardiovascular fitness, the American Heart Association reported. Photo by Flickr user terren in Virginia Children today aren't quite as quick on their feet as their… Continue reading
Nov 19 Celebrate World Toilet Day with a potty By Larisa Epatko Did you know that Tuesday is the first World Toilet Day designated by the United Nations? Imagine the party favors. Continue reading
Nov 18 Watch Tax credit helps end one family's search for health insurance Tax credit helps end one family's search for health insurance… Continue watching
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