Health Highlights: Feb. 23, 2011 2011-02-23 By: TheHealthCast Team On: February 23, 2011 In: Health News Spending on Drugs for Diabetes, Cholesterol Exceeds $52 Billion U.S. Whooping Cough Cases Topped 21,000 in 2010 Law Officials Target Florida Pill Mills Third Judge Rules in Favor of New Health Care Law Continue Reading
Health Highlights: Feb. 22, 2011 2011-02-22 By: TheHealthCast Team On: February 22, 2011 In: Health News U.S. Weighs Changes to Long-Term Disability Insurance Program Drug Shortages Hitting Hospitals Across the U.S. Scientists ID Gene Helping to Drive Breast Cancer Continue Reading
Health Highlights: Feb. 21, 2011 2011-02-21 By: TheHealthCast Team On: February 21, 2011 In: Health News Drug Shortages Hitting Hospitals Across the U.S. Scientists ID Gene Helping to Drive Breast Cancer Obama Administration Rescinds Bush-Era Rule on Providers of Abortions Continue Reading
Health Highlights: Feb. 18, 2011 2011-02-18 By: TheHealthCast Team On: February 18, 2011 In: Health News Health Care Law Battle Moves to Budget Debate Migraine Caused TV Reporter’s Stroke-Like Symptoms Plastic Surgeons Downplaying Breast Implant Cancer Risk, Group Says Judge Asked to Clarify Health Care Law Ruling Doctor in Octuplets Case Could Lose Medical License Too Few People Taking Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs: Study Continue Reading
Health Highlights: Feb. 17, 2011 2011-02-17 By: TheHealthCast Team On: February 17, 2011 In: Health News Congresswoman Giffords Continues to Improve FDA Warns Pregnant Women About Asthma Drug Elephant Sanctuary Workers Caught TB From Pachyderm: CDC Caramel Coloring in Colas Poses Cancer Risk: Consumer Group FDA Expands Eligibility for Weight Loss Surgery Device Anti-Stress Chemical Triggers Hair Growth in Mice Continue Reading
Health Highlights: Feb. 16, 2011 2011-02-16 By: TheHealthCast Team On: February 16, 2011 In: Health News Faster Production Method Produces Effective Flu Vaccine: Study Narcolepsy/Swine Flu Vaccine Link May Be Due to Genetics: WHO Increase in Severe Weather Linked to Climate Change Cracked Syringes Prompt Recall of Antipsychotic Drug Continue Reading
Health Highlights: Feb. 15, 2011 2011-02-15 By: TheHealthCast Team On: February 15, 2011 In: Health News Obama’s Proposed Budget Cuts Would Spare Medicare, Medicaid Obama Pushes for Medical Malpractice Reform Mild Asthma May Not Require Daily Inhaler: Study Grandmother Gives Birth to Grandson Abusive Men Often Force Women to Get Pregnant: Report Nearly 800,000 Child Safety Seats Recalled Human DNA Discovered in Gonorrhea Bacteria Continue Reading
Health Highlights: Feb. 14, 2011 2011-02-14 By: TheHealthCast Team On: February 14, 2011 In: Health News Human DNA Discovered in Gonorrhea Bacteria Bachelor Pads are Germ Havens: Study Giffords Mouthing Words to Songs, Speaks on Phone Elizabeth Taylor Likely to Spend a Few More Days in Hospital Continue Reading
Health Highlights: Feb. 11, 2011 2011-02-11 By: TheHealthCast Team On: February 11, 2011 In: Health News Almost 2 Million Summer Infant Baby Monitors Recalled Strokes Hit Movie Stars Too: Study Syphilis Test Wrong in One-Fifth of Cases: CDC Job Seekers Facing Tougher Anti-Smoking Rules Montana’s Medical Marijuana Law Faces Repeal Continue Reading
Health Highlights: Feb. 10, 2011 2011-02-10 By: TheHealthCast Team On: February 10, 2011 In: Health News Nearly Four Million U.S. Adults Treated for Kidney Disease Each Year Send Health Care Law Challenges to Supreme Court: Governors Testosterone Blocks Ability to Read Feelings: Study Doctor in Octuplets Case Could Lose Medical License Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Now Speaking Continue Reading
Can Diet Soda Boost Your Stroke Risk? 2011-02-09 By: TheHealthCast Team On: February 9, 2011 In: Dieting, Health News, Heart / Cardiovascular, Nutrition / Vitamins Researchers find a 61% increased risk among those who drink dailyContinue Reading
Health Highlights: Feb. 9, 2011 2011-02-09 By: TheHealthCast Team On: February 9, 2011 In: Health News Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Now Speaking Agencies Probe Possible H1N1 Flu Vaccine/Narcolepsy Link FDA Questions Companies on Follow-Up Drug Studies Shingles Vaccine Shortage May Continue Until Spring Continue Reading
Health Highlights: Feb. 8, 2011 2011-02-08 By: TheHealthCast Team On: February 8, 2011 In: Health News FDA Speeds Approval Process for Some Medical Devices Chromosome Fault Linked to Sleepwalking: Study Safety Restrictions Added to Avandia Labeling Continue Reading
Health Highlights: Feb. 4, 2011 2011-02-07 By: TheHealthCast Team On: February 7, 2011 In: Health News Safety Restrictions Added to Avandia Labeling Universal Flu Vaccine Effective in Humans FDA Investigates Early Failure of Jaw Implants Cholera Confirmed in NYC Residents Winter a Downer for Many: Survey New Clue About Cause of Age-Related Macular Degeneration Continue Reading
