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Health officials talk about cities in crisis, disparities in health #AHCJ16
Health Journalism 2016 kicked off a powerful lineup of panels with a roundtable on covering the health angles of cities…
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Dental study backs up surgeon general’s concerns about excessive opioid use #AHCJ16
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has launched a campaign to address an epidemic of opioid addiction that holds two million…
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Flaws, limits and conflicts: Tips to find study pitfalls #AHCJ16
At Health Journalism 2016 in Cleveland, Andrew M. Seaman and Hilda Bastian discussed shortcuts for weighing the likelihood a study’s…
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Health care and the ‘tyranny’ of place #AHCJ16
What has the greatest impact on a person’s health? It’s not nutrition. It’s not education. It’s not even genetics. It’s…
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Telemedicine: New ways to deliver care and how to report on it #AHCJ16
At Health Journalism 2016 on Friday, David Pittman, an ehealth reporter for Politico, had some good advice for reporters covering telemedicine:…
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Choices earlier in life are key to aging well, retaining functional ability #AHCJ16
Saturday’s “Aging well” panel at Health Journalism 2016 featured what might well be a first for the Association of Health…
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Using quality ratings in reporting on health care #AHCJ16
When I told a friend at Health Journalism 2016 that I would be attending and writing a short post on the…
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Hungry for weight loss: Challenges and hope in the battle against obesity #AHCJ16
As a registered dietitian who has studied obesity prevention and treatment for more than three decades, I was intrigued by…
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Murthy to release first surgeon general report on substance abuse, addiction and health #AHCJ16
Everywhere he travels, Vivek Murthy, M.D., surgeon general of the United States, hears a similar plea from families. Do something…
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VA official addresses journalists in wake of critical article #AHCJ16
David Shulkin, M.D., undersecretary of health for the Department of Veterans Affairs, faced two challenges at his Newsmaker Briefing on…
