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Latest public health problem: Foreclosures
David Brancaccio Jun 22, 2012
The stress of foreclosure is causing ill health for some.
A response from the Relative Value Update Committee
Kai Ryssdal Jun 19, 2012
We did a story last week about health care costs and a part of the American Medical Association called the Relative Value Update Committee -- RUC. The head of the committee responds to the story.
'Big Sunscreen' wins delay in new FDA rules
John Dimsdale Jun 18, 2012
Stricter regulations on what sunscreen packaging can say were supposed to go into effect today, just in time for summer. But a delay sought by the industry means they won't happen until the winter.
Population growth: The problem of weight
Jeremy Hobson Jun 18, 2012
The problems of a sustainable future for the planet don't stop at pure population -- it also matters what the people in that population are consuming, and how much they weigh.
Do Americans support the Affordable Care Act?
Frank Newport Jun 14, 2012
Any day now, the Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act will come down. Two years since the act was passed, what do American's think of the reforms?
SCOTUS decision on health care law may spark more options
Robert Reich Jun 13, 2012
Commentator Robert Reich says health insurance lobby could unwittingly revive the "public option."
A thin line between health and unhealthy obsession
Beth Teitell Jun 12, 2012
The high-tech activity gadget Fitbit helps people track their steps. But some people may take using these types of devices a step too far.
The world of health-care pricing
Gregory Warner Jun 19, 2012
A committee of the American Medical Association plays an important role in Medicare's setting of prices for medical procedures.
Microsoft makes 'Do Not Track' the default
Jeff Horwich Jun 4, 2012
Advertisers are not amused. In the upcoming version of Windows, Internet Explorer will have its "Do Not Track" feature turned on by default. Goodbye creepy ads that seem to follow you around -- hello, more generic ads for great deals on car insurance?
The mobile Internet economy
Chris Farrell May 31, 2012
The troubled Facebook IPO is casting a pall over high tech (wrongly, I think). The signal moment for the emergence of an even larger digital economy wasn't Facebook. It was Apple's iPad. It's the visible symbol of the rapid embrace of wireless data -- video, images, content, data and communication -- throughout the global economy. A safe forecast: The mobile Internet will transform personal finance.
