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New CDC data pinpoint heart disease hot spots
Data from Medicare records of more than 28 million people each year between 2000 and 2006 in the 50 states,…
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Health care summit streaming live
President Barack Obama is hosting a bipartisan meeting to discuss health care reform. The meeting, from 10 a.m. until 4…
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Analysis reveals who hired health care lobbyists
The Center for Public Integrity has put together an interesting analysis and graph of what interests were lobbying on health…
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Keeping up with AHCJ members
The latest compilation of news about AHCJ members is now available. Be sure to see who changed jobs, won awards,…
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Policy lets many see study but restricts reporting
On his new blog, Embargo Watch, Ivan Oransky, M.D., writes about an embargo policy that restricts journalists from writing about…
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Newspaper, news service team up for medical news
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and MedPage Today, a medical news service for doctors, will collaborate to produce articles on medical…
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Schwitzer’s HealthNewsReview blog wins award
MedGadget, the “Internet journal of emerging medical technologies,” announced that AHCJ member Gary Schwitzer’s HealthNewsReview blog, won Best Medical Weblog…
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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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Oransky: Medical study embargoes serve whom?
Embargoes, a fairly frequent topic of discussion on Covering Health, seem to bring out strong feelings in some people. In…
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Drug data could inform stories about elder care
The 2007 National Home and Hospice Care Survey (NHHCS ) Medication Public-Use File and Documentation are now available for downloading.…