Medical Devices Receive Little Testing Before Use, Consumer Reports Says

Medical Devices: A Consumer Reports investigation shows that most medical devices, such as hip replacements, receive little testing before being used in patients, Michelle Castillo reports for CBS News.

Health Reform: Don't have time to read all the media coverage of this week's Supreme Court hearings on health reform? Check out The Health Care Blog's round up of analysis from around the web, and get the latest on today's final hearing from Reuters' James Vicini and Joan Biskupic.

Cancer: An analysis of basic studies on cancer has found many to be unreliable, shedding doubt on the prospects for effective new medicines in the future, Sharon Begley reports for Reuters.

Nutrition: In an excerpt from her new book, food policy researcher Marion Nestle examines why diet studies using subjects' reports of what they ate are notoriously unreliable.

Environmental Health: Hoping to reduce air pollution and its harmful health effects, the Environmental Protection Agency has released new regulations limiting greenhouse gas emissions that could make it too expensive to build new coal-fired power plants next year and beyond, Renee Schoof reports for McClatchy Newspapers.

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