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Obama jobs plan could bring painful cuts to health care
Gregory Warner Sep 22, 2011
President Obama will announce today how he will pay for his $447 billion jobs plan, and Medicare and Medicaid are on the table. But what's left to cut, and will it help or hurt the health care industry?
Emerging countries are developing 'western' diseases
Jennifer Collins Sep 22, 2011
Greater affluence in emerging economies has produced a surge in the incidence of diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancer.
Fake organs need fake tubes
John Moe Sep 16, 2011
German scientists are using 3D printing technology to print blood vessels that efficiently supply nutrients to artificial organs. The missing link...
Cure for Tinnitus?
John Moe Sep 16, 2011
Researchers think they've found a new way to cure tinnitus, the constant ear-ringing that some people suffer from. It's believed that the ringing...
A medical mecca rises in suburban Detroit
Gregory Warner Sep 22, 2011
And creates thousands of health care jobs. But at what cost?
Pain detection machine invented
John Moe Sep 14, 2011
Researchers at Stanford University have invented a pain detector. They can now tell if someone is in pain using brain scans and that means they don...
New medical codes offer more detail
Sep 22, 2011
Walked into a lamppost? Yeah, there's a medical code for that. The Wall Street Journal's Anna Mathews discusses why the medical coding system is getting a makeover.
Animated Short: The Amazing Health Care Arms Race
Gregory Warner Oct 14, 2011
At the crossroads of our national debate about jobs and our national debate about health care debt...
Is the (fictional) city of Hobbs. Its ...
Study finds high doctor fees to blame for growing U.S. health care costs
Sep 22, 2011
The cost of health care has grown astronomically in the U.S., and a new study finds that high doctor fees are to blame.
Freakonomics: Fetal genetic testing raises big questions
Stephen Dubner Nov 10, 2011
Freakonomics correspondent Stephen Dubner explains the unexpected consequences of predetermining your baby's genetics.
