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Europe
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Irish protests continue over hospital cuts
Protests over the €1.23 billion spending cuts for health and children’s services imposed last year to combat a massive government…
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Everyone reacts to Avandia roller coaster
First, the background: Avandia, also known as rosiglitazone, is an anti-diabetes drug that helps patients control their blood sugar. It…
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German HealthNewsReview to launch in November
Medien-Doktor.de, the German version of America’s HealthNewsReview.org and Australia’s pioneering Media Doctor site is set to launch in November. Gary…
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Health reporting and one researcher’s pet peeves
Dorothy Bishop, neuropsychology professor and occasional science/academics blogger (bio), ruminates on what she calls the “uneasy alliance” between science and…
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Delivery room fight shows structural problems in Italian health care
Over at BMJ’s Open blog, Fabio Turone explains the systemic issues behind the particularly sensational headline that, as he wrote,…
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Initiative to help reporters cover European health
AHCJ has launched an effort to help reporters understand and cover health issues in Europe. This new resource includes a…
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Most EU patient groups get industry money
Over at Pharmalot, Covering Health veteran Ed Silverman reports on one European activist group’s survey of corporate sponsorship and disclosure…
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Study: Foreign training doesn’t affect care
A Health Affairs study evaluating the relative quality of care provided by international medical graduates practicing in the United States…
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Vitamin D deficiency in the British Isles
The English language has at least 34 words for rain and another 12 for cloud or fog – 46 in all…
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OECD health policy: New effort to privatize health care in England
The new coalition government in the United Kingdom is expected to resume the process of outsourcing of primary care and…