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CPI to absorb Huffington Post Fund, health focus to continue
The New York Times‘ Tanzina Vega reports that two major news nonprofits, both regulars on this blog, are joining forces…
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“Never events” still happen sometimes
Photo by Garrett P. via Flickr MedPage Today’s Crystal Phend drew two key lessons from a recent paper on the…
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Patients “blood doping” to get into trials
Like professional sports, cancer trials can be competitive, for both patients and researchers. And, also like professional sports, the competitors…
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Drinking wine during a hospital stay
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reporter Sherry Slater appears to have started a bit of a national conversation with her profile…
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DoD: No condolence letter if soldier committed suicide
Photo by Chris_Lott via Flickr Writing on the NPR health blog, Whitney Blair Wyckoff writes that while American soldiers who…
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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…
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More patients aren’t filling brand-name prescriptions
It hasn’t had quite as much impact as some earlier health-related recession trend stories, but the rise in prescription abandonment…
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Stories focus on suicides of doctors, soldiers
New York Times columnist Pauline Chen, M.D., serves up a reminder that suicide prevention isn’t just a matter of access…
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Medicare competitive bidding ramps up
The California HealthCare Foundation Center for Health Reporting and the San Bernardino County (Calif.) Sun teamed up for a package…
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Lawsuit reveals failures in hospital hiring practices
St. Petersburg Times reporter Curtis Krueger’s story about a successful whistleblower suit against a Florida hospital provides a powerful storyline…