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Report: Prescription drug prices doubled in 10 years
Prescription drug prices doubled from 1996 to 2006, according to new inflation-adjusted numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and…
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Obama initiatives include VA hospital report cards
Saying that “commitment to open government goes beyond the making of government-wide policy for the future,” the White House announced…
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AHCJ finds uneven disclosure of H1N1 deaths
An informal poll of AHCJ members from across the country, as well as a review of press releases and news…
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Journalism groups demand end to FDA constraints
Eleven major journalism organizations, representing thousands of journalists, are demanding the U.S. Food and Drug Administration end requirements that journalists…
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Senate, reporters return to the Health Policy bill
As the Senate gets back to work on health care reform, some reporters have taken a a good look at…
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HHS blog intended as forum about health IT
The first post on the new Health IT Buzz blog has generated more than 50 comments since it was posted…
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Rounding up some of the latest health coverage
With good topics for the blog flooding in and a short holiday week to get them all posted, I’m taking…
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Prof: Mammogram debate is data vs. anecdotes
When it comes to the recent news that a government task force opposes routine mammograms for women under 50, the…
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Report focuses on researchers’ conflicts of interest
There are vulnerabilities in how financial conflicts of interest are handled by NIH-funded researchers, according to a report (PDF, 46…
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Grassley compares ghostwriting, plagiarism
Sen/ Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) continues his investigation of “medical ghostwriting” with a letter to 10 medical schools asking “what they…