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Young women falling short of exercise recommendations
Many young women in recent weeks have walked across a stage in cap and gown to accept their hard-earned high…
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Using technology to monitor patients at home gets boost from Medicare
Remote patient monitoring – using technology to keep track of a patient’s health between doctor visits – is gaining traction…
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Caution required when discussing associations between oral and overall health
The mouth is connected to the body. Yet much remains unknown about the subtle workings of that connection. Research continues…
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Reporters share how they uncovered the jaw-dropping price of rabies treatment
Journalists who had been looking for stories about the high cost of medical bills came across an unexpected one –…
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Telling the community health story beyond police shootings
Often, when a police officer shoots an unarmed black man, news coverage is confined to the echoes of debate over…
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Reporter finds causes of infant mortality in Indiana are complex
Giles Bruce, who covers health for the Times of Northwest Indiana, did deep reporting into infant mortality in Indiana, work…
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Those images really are more than pretty pictures …
I just returned from the Logan Science Journalism Fellowship program at Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass., and I’m…
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New investment hopes to spur cure for dementia
Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S. Despite decades of research, there’s still no cure,…
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AHCJ releases recording of today’s CMS announcement
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced initiatives today intended to improve oversight and the integrity of Medicaid. CMS will…
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Women, people of color experiencing stubborn pay gap in health IT field
Women and people of color are experiencing stubborn pay gaps in one of the more lucrative and in-demand fields of…