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health statistics
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New portrait of older adults emerges from federal report
Today’s older population is mostly better off than prior generations when it comes to health and poverty, and they’re also…
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Reading lists for health care journalists
In her column for Generations Beat Online, AHCJ member Eileen Beal offers a reading list for health journalists and focuses…
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Survey looks at use of leftover pain meds
One in five people in Utah have been prescribed pain medication in the past year, according to new figures from…
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CDC health overview: Diagnostic scans tripled
The CDC has released the 2009 version of Health, United States, their annual summary of health numbers and trends. It’s…
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Duo writes about how health statistics can mislead
Writing in mathematics-focused Plus Magazine, Mike Pearson (bio) and David Spiegelhalter (bio|wikipedia) examine not only the variety of methods used…
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Toxicologists: Media gets chemical risks wrong
Writing for STATS, a research organization affiliated with George Mason University, Robert Lichter reports on a study of “how experts…