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Government
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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…
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Promoting off-label use is too profitable to ignore
In a special report titled “Big Pharma’s Crime Spree,” David Evans of Bloomberg Markets writes that pharmaceutical companies continue to…
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One-time surgeon general pick faces SEC case
In a tale of alleged fraud and political access, Dan Christensen of the Broward Bulldog in South Florida (and no…
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We have public options now. Are they any good?
ProPublica’s Sabrina Shankman reviews America’s existing “public options” for health care, finding mixed results and limited utility. In addition to…
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Benjamin: Leaving patients ‘bittersweet’
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Regina M. Benjamin, M.D., M.B.A., to be surgeon general, the Department of Health and Human…
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Is community research oversight flawed?
America’s 400-plus designated Community Research Sites receive much less attention than the massive academic research hospitals, but conduct the bulk…