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Foundation lived by big pharma, now dies by big pharma
Kris Hundley of the St. Petersburg Times reports that the Ischemia Research and Education Foundation, which maintained a massive patient…
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CNN looks into link between Lejuene water, cancer
CNN’s Abbie Boudreau and Scott Bronstein investigated a possible link between male breast cancer and contaminated drinking water provided at…
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Why aren’t some on dialysis referred for transplants?
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reporters Andrew Conte and Luis Fabregas have released the results of an extensive investigation into kidney transplant and…
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41 additional journals make the Medline cut
Looking for the latest edition of Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal, the Journal of Patient Safety or the Saudi Journal of…
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Recent examples show need for critical evaluation
Using parenting Web sites as examples, the Boston Globe‘s Joanna Weiss writes about how many sites, which live or die…
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Evaluation of nonprofits’ charity care continues
If you’re keeping a list of issues that have been rejuvenated through inclusion in the Baucus bill, you can safely…
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IoM: We need clear guidelines for disaster triage
AHCJ president Charles Ornstein, with Sheri Fink, M.D., writes for ProPublica about the report of an Institute of Medicine committee…
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Criminals at work in Fla. nursing homes
Sally Kestin, Peter Franceschina and John Maines of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel found that thousands of convicted criminals were working…
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Reinhardt breaks down income statements
Princeton economist – and Health Journalism 2009 keynote speaker – Uwe Reinhardt’s latest post on The New York Times’ Economix…
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GAO: Four percent of nursing homes are troubled
A new report from the Government Accountability Office report estimates that 580, or 4 percent, of America’s approximately 16,000 nursing…