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Health care costs: A pain in the neck
Renee Lux Mar 2, 2012
When you're in pain and in need of treatment, it's hard to pay really close attention to your health care choices. Commentator Renee Lux describes how treating her stiff neck led to a huge hike in her insurance costs.
Sugar: Public (health) enemy No. 1?
Mark Bittman Mar 12, 2012
Commentator Mark Bittman argues we should regulate sugar like we do cigarettes.
New prescription for aspiring doctors
Sally Herships Feb 20, 2012
The Medical College Admission Test will require aspiring doctors to understand people as well as science.
Investment banking hard on the mind and body
Adriene Hill Feb 15, 2012
New research shows that work 100+ hours a week as an investment banker -- or a lawyer or software engineer -- can be a big hazard.
First Lady's 'Let's Move' program expands to military
Gregory Warner Feb 10, 2012
Michelle Obama will announce a Pentagon venture to make the food offerings in the U.S. military more healthy. It’s the first change to military rations in 20 years.
President Obama compromises on contraception
Gregory Warner Feb 10, 2012
Under the new plan, even women who work for religious employers will have access to free birth control. It's all because of an insurance company workaround.
Rethinking hospital readmissions
Gregory Warner Feb 8, 2012
Starting this fall, hospitals that readmit the same patients over and over in a short period of time will be fined. That has medical providers looking for better ways to keep people healthy when they're off hospital grounds.
Stealing from the old
David Brancaccio Feb 7, 2012
Call it "elder financial abuse," the largely unreported crime claims hundreds of thousands of victims each year.
WellPoint announces plan to boost doctor pay
Jennifer Collins Jan 27, 2012
The health insurer WellPoint today announced a plan to pay primary care doctors as much as 10 percent more, with the hope of reducing the overall cost of health care.
Dude, where's my bike?
Kai Ryssdal Jan 27, 2012
Journalist Patrick Symmes had a bicycle. Then it got stolen. So he got another bike, and that got stolen, too. He discusses his journey delving into the underground economy of stolen bikes.
