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‘A Life Hijacked:’ Long-term project documents man’s saga with Alzheimer’s
Gary Rotstein Gary Rotstein, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s age beat reporter, has been following and writing about Alan Romatowski, a man…
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Deadline management for medical research news
Daniel J. DeNoon Deadline in a few hours? “Don’t panic” is bad advice. It’s not even possible when deadline looms…
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Rules could change for ‘critical access hospitals;’ what reporters should know
Jenny Gold Critical access hospitals are supposed to be small, rural facilities that receive a higher Medicare reimbursement rate to…
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Race to electronic health records may come with a price
Fred Schulte Amid all the enthusiasm over increasing the use of information technology in health, politicians and policy makers paid…
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Reporter chases down cost of new tax break for investor-owned hospitals
Carla K. Johnson When Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law a tax break for investor-owned hospitals last spring, there…
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Finding information on medical costs
Cost is an important aspect of covering research, especially if you’re covering a study of a drug or medical device.…
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Primer on Social Security
Bob Rosenblatt Entitlement reform. Everyone seems to think that it’s inevitable, now that the elections are over. Two big targets…
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The good and bad: How an immigrant’s health can change
While immigrants often bring with them some health-related disadvantages, such as poverty and a lack of health insurance, plenty of…
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Over the border and into the maw of the machine
Immigrants face untold dangers on the job. They are more likely than native-born Americans to work in hazardous occupations, such…
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Demographics and determinants: A portrait of immigrants and immigrant health
The San Antonio workshop keynote presentation covering population change and racial/ethnic diversity, immigrants and immigrant diversity and the immigrant health…