Breakfast Backtrack: Maybe Skipping The Morning Meal Isn't So Bad
Dogma has long held that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But emerging science suggests what you eat matters more than when you eat it.
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DIY Blood Tests? There's A Downside To Ordering Your Own
It's legal to order diagnostic blood tests without consulting a doctor in many states. But critics say healthy patients can go down a rabbit hole of invasive assays and unnecessary treatments.
Researchers Offer Jet Lag Advice In Return For Data About Your Sleep
Users of an app developed by the University of Michigan to help with jet lag entered information on their time zone and sleep patterns that helped academics with their work. But is the approach valid?
State Insurance Mandates For Autism Treatment Fall Short
Most states require insurers to pay for autism treatments. But that hasn't done much to get therapy to children who need it, a study finds. It's important to get treatment as early as possible.
Meet The Tiny Critters Thriving In Your Carpet, Kitchen And Bed
Dust mites, gall wasps and book lice don't bite, but they might make you wheeze. Scientists found about 100 types of arthropods wiggling or munching skin flakes in typical homes. Take a look.
Peggy Girshman Gets The Last Word On Health Journalism
Veteran NPR editor Peggy Girshman, who died in March, wrote her own eulogy, which included personal health advice and tips for better journalism. The eulogy was read at a memorial service Saturday.
Does Putting On A Few Pounds Help You Cheat Death?
We're told that it's important to keep body mass index below 25. But a study finds that for the lowest risk of death, the magic number has inched up to 27 — in the "overweight" category.
GAO Audit: Feds Failed To Rein In Medicare Advantage Overbilling
Privately run Medicare Advantage plans have overcharged the federal government by billions of dollars, yet Medicare hasn't been effective in recouping the excessive payments, an audit found.
Notorious FDA? Feds Turn To Hip-Hop To Tamp Down Teen Smoking
For its latest anti-tobacco campaign, the Food and Drug Administration wants to harness hip-hop swagger to reach minority teens — who disproportionately suffer the consequences of smoking.
What Feds' Push To Share Health Data Means For Patients
ProPublica's Charles Ornstein spoke with Niall Brennan about making health data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services more widely available outside the government.