Category
Health data
-
Days numbered for UK’s arbiter of comparative effectiveness
While comparative effectiveness research in the United States is booming thanks to the stimulus, a United Kingdom bastion of the…
-
•
Researchers surprised by concussion study
Writing for Sports Illustrated, David Epstein tells the story of a small-scale Indiana football concussion study in which in which…
-
•
WSJ explains why Medicare data is hidden
In The Wall Street Journal, reporters Mark Schoofs and Maurice Tamman have pulled off an impressive feat, weaving a tale…
-
•
Seniors more vulnerable to painkillers’ risks
Mary Shedden, of The Tampa Tribune, delves into the dangers of prescription medicines in older people, whose bodies may be…
-
•
Drugs send more of the 45-plus crowd to hospitals
At a time when overall prescription drug use is climbing across the board, the AHRQ reports that the number of…
-
•
A world of vaccine requirements in one database
The country that requires its citizens to be vaccinated with the highest number of distinct antigens (Italy, 26) just happens…
-
•
Why California hospitals can charge so much
California hospitals, especially those in the Bay Area, seem to be able to set prices with impunity, a fact we…
-
ProPublica investigates pharma payments to doctors
ProPublica’s massive investigation into the hefty fees pharmaceutical companies have paid doctors with dubious track records stamps an exclamation point…
-
•
Who monitors pharmacies’ systems to curb pseudoephedrine sales?
CVS Pharmacy has been in the news recently after it agreed to pay $75 million in penalties and forfeit $2.6…
-
•
Rural health on the frontier
A defining feature of reporter David Wahlberg’s ongoing look at rural health care for the Wisconsin State Journal has been…