Soaring cost of healthcare sets a record
 
REFORM
White House announces televised health meet
Antitrust Exemption For Health Insurers: Meaningful Or Not?

Illinois Supreme Court strikes down medical malpractice law

Illinois Supreme Court Uncaps Medical Malpractice Damages Again

Reis and Jones concerned about ruling on 'Med Mal'
Dems chafe as W.H. wavers on health
Obama vows to beat 'blizzard' of opposition

Obama admits healthcare overhaul may die on Hill

Obama offers alternative path on healthcare
Healthcare, piece by piece
When the Patient Can’t Afford the Care
With Health Reform Stalled, Medicare Coverage For Some Therapies Subject To Caps
Washington state mulls 'public option' health insurance
Democratic Leaders Increasingly Focused On Reconciliation Strategy To Advance Health Reform Legislation
Spotting Questionable Health Insurance Plans
Tough Economy Adds Stress To Hospitals; Community Health Centers Help Fill Gaps
Lobbying, Ads Slow Down On Health Reform

Public Health Tab to Hit Milestone

Government Health Spending To Top Private Sector In 2012
The Debate Over Selling Insurance Across State Lines
Budget assumes bill will pass
HHS Discretionary Spending In President's Proposed 2011 Budget
House to vote on health insurers antitrust law
Déjà vu a nightmare for Dems?
States Cutting Back Special Programs For Uninsured
Health: Overhaul Still on the Table

Medicare 'doc fix' may cost $200B

A Permanent Medicare Pay Fix For Doctors? Maybe Next Year
Obama Expands World Health Programs 9% to $8.5 Bln to Help Poor Nations
Cancer, Autism Push in Obama Budget Proposal to Target 30 New Medicines
Escaping To England To Find A Doctor Who Listens
Law Requiring Parity of Mental Health Insurance Benefits Implemented
States Seeking to Ban Mandatory Health Insurance
Landrieu: Health Reform "on life support"
Senior Public Health Official Reassigned in Wake of Congressional Inquiries
Healthcare decision a week away, say Democrats
Politics hurting sound policy, exec says
Federal healthcare foes plot for state opt-outs
MA Attorney general says clout drives up health costs
Doctor quits Brigham to speak for pay
High-Ranking House Democrat Predicts Health Bill Approval This Year
Healthcare moves to back burner
Mayo Clinic says health reform must succeed

Pelosi Vows Not to Drop Health Bill

Nancy Pelosi floats two-track health reform
13 California hospitals fined for medical errors
Little progress seen against health insurance fraud
State of health reform: Still grim
Innovative Alaska Health Plan Outperforms Many Others in Lower 48
Reform - a brief history and perspective on moving forward
Cottage Industry to Postindustrial Care — The Revolution in Health Care Delivery
Democrats Slow Efforts on Health
Memo: "The Way Forward on Healthcare Reform in 2010"
Poll shows growing fears on healthcare overhaul

Health bills would shift Medicare money to Mayo and other 'high-value' hospitals

FLASHBACK: Klobuchar, Kohl, Franken Call For Value-Index Approach To Combat Medicare Costs

Which way through the minefield?
Dem lawmaker: Congress could pass health reform if men were 'sent home'
 
TECHNOLOGY
U.S. Chief Technology Officer Announces Unprecedented Public-Private Partnership Text4baby


Toshiba's Viamo Ultrasound Now Available in US

Technology Behind Second Sight Retinal Prosthesis

ReShape Inflatable Gastric Balloon Going on Trial as Weight Loss Option

"Artificial Pancreas" Using Available Commercial Technology Shows Promise


St. Jude Medical Gets Go Ahead for New Implantable Cardiac Devices
Fecal Odor May Yield Faster Test for Diarrhea Bug
Artificial Pancreas Maybe Near for Type One Diabetes Patients

Computers Taught How to Map Brain's Neural Geography
Paper Based Sensors and Other Solutions for Cheap Medical Care


Duo Ablation Catheter Going on Trial
Lab-on-a-Chip Sorts Through Virus Specimens at Low Cost


Will Apple iPad be Adopted as The Next Clinical Tablet?

Hospitals curious about Apple iPad

Hospitals eye the iPad for low-cost paperless records
New Test Screens Prospective Parents for 100-Plus Diseases

Health Tweeder Hopes to Distill Medical Twittersphere


Magnetic Nanoparticles Latch On, Ferry Cancer Cells Out of Body
More than half of Americans use Internet for health

UniTam for Intraosseous Administration of Tamiasyn

Nanocorals Developed to Attack Tumor Cells

Tweet This: CDC Offers 9 Pages Of Twitter Advice

CDC Social Media Tools Guidelines & Best Practices

Toshiba's Large Paneled X-Ray System Infinix VF-i/BP
Bill Davenhall: Your health depends on where you live

iPhone AED Locator May Help Save Lives in a Hurry
 
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Warning: Your Cell Phone May Be Hazardous to Your Health
Study finds higher risk of stillbirth in women with fibroids
High achievers more likely to be bipolar
If you want to lose weight, find a mountain retreat
New Malaria Vaccine Passes Initial Clinical Trial
Most Adults Not Getting Necessary Vaccinations
How to keep your heart healty

U.S. swine flu epidemic shows signs of being over

Now there's plenty of H1N1 flu vaccine
Screening for short cervix could improve pregnancy outcomes and reduce preterm birth

In Schizophrenia And Bipolar Disorder, Life Is Not Black And White
Use Of Acetaminophen In Pregnancy Associated With Increased Asthma Symptoms In Children
New Research Uncovers Molecular "Firing Squad" Through Which Overeating Destroys Normal Metabolism And Sets Stage For Diabetes
Prions May Help Memories Persist

FDA Shifts Position—Now Has Concerns about BPA Risks
'Prewashed' Salads May Need Another Rinse
Abstinence-only program helps kids postpone sex
Heart disease is a woman's disease too

Why you should care about vaccines and autism

Retraction won't end vaccine-autism debate

Medical journal retracts autism paper 12 years on
Exercise won't boost endurance for 1 in 5

Pig lungs in human transplants move step closer
Tiny Constraints In Heart Blood Flow: A Better Sign Of Blood Vessel Narrowing And Early Coronary Artery Disease

Central Blood Pressure A Superior Determinant Of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy

Non-Surgical Program Helps Some Extremely Obese Adults Lose Weight

Geisinger And TGen Announce Strategic Partnership To Shape Future Of Personalized Medicine
Ideal Target For Malaria Therapy Discovered By Scientists
Auxilium's New Hand Drug (for Dupuytren's contracture) Jives With Investors

Daiichi Sankyo Initiates Largest Single, Double-Blind, Randomized, Phase III Trial For Treatment Of Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism
Experts say 40 percent of cancers could be prevented
High School Pitchers Need To Train Properly Before Season To Avoid Serious Injuries
Study: Vegetative brains show signs of awareness
Alterations in the brain's reward system related to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Diagnosis dilemma: Women's heart symptoms differ from men
Study: Babies' low serotonin levels cause SIDS
Vitamin D Deficiency Affects Billion Plus – Are You One Of Them?
Heart disease "will kill 400000 Americans in 2010"
Hormone drugs for prostate cancer may hurt heart
Antidepressants may help stroke victims
Obese boys more likely to begin puberty late: study finds fat-puberty link
Herbal Remedies May Be Risky With Heart Drugs
Childhood asthma in premature babies linked to pregnancy bug

Monitoring Cell Death Could Help Cancer Treatment
New AAN/CNS Guideline on Treatment of Spasticity in Cerebral Palsy
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of No Benefit in OCD
The Miracle of Vitamin D: Sound Science, or Hype?
Male breast op numbers 'growing fastest'
A Lasting Gift to Medicine That Wasn’t Really a Gift
Approval Expanded for Breast Cancer Drug Tykerb
Healthy Woman Shocked by Heart Attack, Twice
As swine flu recedes, health officials tally the lessons it taught
Less Sleep Normal Part of Aging?
 
PATIENT EDUCATION

Continuous Chest Compression - Cardiocerebral resuscitation (CCR)

Hands-only CPR
Uterine fibroids overview
Bipolar disorder overview
Immunization Schedules from the CDC
Prion - what is it?
Venous Thromboembolism overview

Dupuytren's contracture overview
Autism overview

Persistent vegetative state overview

Vegetative State signs and symptoms
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
Tamiasyn overview
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Recovery Act overview

Heart Disease Overview
Prostate cancer treatments and drugs
Postpartum Hemorrhage overview
Chorioamnionitis overview
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) overview

Tykerb - an overview of the Drug

Tykerb: ask the experts

Fish oil overview

Bariatric Surgery: A Consumers Guide

Bariatric surgery overview
Leukemia overview
AIDS overview


X-ray: what is it?

X-Ray - what patients should know

Anthrax overview
Sitting: the anatomy and biochemistry of the human body in the seated posture
Parasites of Humans


MRI: what is it?

MRI: how it works

MRI: what patients should know
Angiography: what patients should know

Vitamin D overview
CT Angiography: what patients should know
Coronary CTA: what patients should know

Hepatitis overview

Hepatitis: clinical information from the CDC

Hepatitis and Liver Cancer:
A National Strategy for Prevention and Control of Hepatitis B and C
MR Angiography (MRA): what patients should know
Angioplasty: what patients should know

Atrial fibrillation overview

Electrocardiography (ECG or EKG) overview
Thrombolysis: what patients should know
Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS): what patients should know