A large health-care grant unveiled Tuesday is aimed at tackling an often overlooked side effect of hospital care: the loss of dignity that afflicts particularly sick patients.
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New Help for Distressed Cancer Patients
August 28th, 2012 
Laura Landro New distress-screening programs for cancer patients aim to help with emotional and psychological issues that can interfere with treatment and adversely affect outcomes.
A.M. Vitals: Prices Soar as Doctors Band with Hospitals
August 27th, 2012 Christopher Weaver Also in today’s health news: Patients are grappling with the cost of a device recall, an influential U.S. pediatricians group backed circumcision, and Mitt Romney reversed course to support his own Massachusetts health law.
A.M. Vitals: Killer Hospital Germs and Autism
August 23rd, 2012 Robert Lee Hotz Also: The U.S. is heading toward one of the worst West Nile seasons since 1999; and Medicare spending growth is slowing.
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Comments OffA.M. Vitals: Study Firms Link Between Heart Drugs and Diabetes
August 10th, 2012 Mark Long Also: Patients are complaining about a rise in the cost of skin-care creams; the CDC says a drop in smoking among young people is slowing; and health officials recommend an HIV-prevention pill for at-risk heterosexuals.
A.M. Vitals: Work Halted on Closely Watched Alzheimer’s Drug
August 7th, 2012 Jonathan D. Rockoff Also: Hospital giant HCA disclosed a federal probe; researchers seeking migraine treatments are targeting a brain chemical called CGRP; and the CDC says graphic anti-smoking ads work, and it plans more of them.
A.M. Vitals: Pfizer’s Cost-Cuts Offset Loss of Lipitor
August 1st, 2012 Amy Dockser Marcus Pfizer’s profits, health law changes go into effect, suit over bill collecting from patients gets settled
A.M. Vitals: Gene Mutation Yields Insight into Common Brain Cancer
July 27th, 2012 Shirley S. Wang Here’s what’s making health news this morning:
Some Brain Tumors Are Linked to a Gene Defect (WSJ): Researchers found a genetic mutation connected to a common and aggressive form of brain center.
In Quest to Explain Shootings, Probing Mental Illness…
Staving Off Repeat Fractures With Bone Tests, Counseling
July 3rd, 2012 Melinda Beck Many repeat fractures could have been prevented if older people had been counseled about osteoporosis after their first bone break, experts say.
Health Law’s Survival Means More Demand for Fewer Doctors
June 29th, 2012 Mark Long The health law’s survival means more than 30 million Americans are set to seek care from a pool of doctors that’s already struggling to meet the demand from a growing, aging population.