Expensive healthcare not always the best, says OECD

Groups try simple steps to avoid hospital rebound

AP - Talk about unnecessary misery: One in five Medicare patients winds up back in the hospital within a month — even worse, one in four patients with heart failure.

U.S. probing more cases of CT radiation overexposure

Reuters - U.S. regulators are probing more cases of patients who were exposed to excess radiation from brain scans performed with equipment from General Electric and Toshiba, government officials said on Monday.

FDA investigating more dangerous brain scans

AP - Federal health regulators are investigating reports of dangerous radiation levels at two more California hospitals, following earlier unsafe medical scans at a Los Angeles facility.

Senators want new tax limit on health execs pay

Reuters - U.S. Democratic senators sought to further squeeze the health insurance industry on Friday by reducing the tax deduction certain companies can take for executive pay.

Senate boosts preventive care for women

Heart care in rural hospitals matches urban ones

Reuters - People treated for heart problems at rural hospitals fare about as well as those getting care at urban medical centers, a study of U.S. hospitals suggests.

Study finds hospitals speeding heart attack care

AP - Hospitals are giving faster care to lots more heart attack patients, a speed-up sure to be saving lives.

Health Highlights: Dec. 2, 2009

HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: