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An Accountable Care Organization is a new type of healthcare system aimed at lowering cost by aggressively monitoring patient health.
Read More »Video: Health care law’s impact – 2 years later
President Obama signed his health insurance reform plan into law two years ago. Some of the provisions of the law have already gone into effect.
Read More »Video: Fake Avastin cancer drug issued to doctors
The FDA has warned some medical practices that they may have been provided with fake cancer drugs.
Read More »Video: Military officers: Obesity a national security threat
Hundreds of military officials are joining together to fight a war here at home - where calories are the enemy. CBS News correspondent Whit Johnson reports on how America's growing weight problem means that finding new soldiers who are fit enough to fight has never been more challenging. Then, celebrity chef Jose Andres joins the discussion about health and nutrition in America
Read More »Video: Learning how to live, and die
A professor who spent decades teaching others how to care for dying patients is now terminally ill himself. CBS News national correspondent Lee Cowan reports on how he's still teaching lessons on life and death.
Read More »Video: Discovery may lead to Alzheimer’s treatments
Researchers have found a new clue in the way Alzheimer's disease may spread in the brain. Jim Axelrod reports on how this discovery could lead to new treatments to try and stop it.
Read More »Video: Improv and Alzheimer’s: Helping patients remember
A unique program using improvisational theater to remind Alzheimer's patients of the roles they used to play in life.
Read More »Video: Doctors get "bedside manners" training from actors
CBS News correspondent Bill Whitaker reports on how future doctors are getting some of their most valuable lessons from professional actors pretending to be patients.
Read More »Video: Hidden vegetables in kid-friendly food products
It can be a challenge for many parents to get their small children to eat vegetables. Cynthia Bowers reports on how some food manufactures are smuggling vegetable servings into top selling products.
Read More »Video: More elderly getting plastic surgery
CBS News correspondent Michelle Miller reports on how plastic surgery is becoming increasingly popular among seniors.
Read More »Video: DNA mapping solves mystery illness for Calif. twins
Dr. Jennifer Ashton reports on how gene mapping changed the life of one set of California twins, who from birth suffered one mysterious illness after another.
Read More »Video: Multi-tasking ban to boost workplace productivity
A recent industry survey revealed that Internet distractions account for nearly 60 percent of workplace interruptions.
Read More »Video: EXIT procedure saves babies’ lives
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Read More »Video: Report: Too few Americans getting colon cancer screenings
CBS News medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook reports on how colon cancer screening saves lives but a new CDC report says that 33 percent of Americans are not getting tested
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