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Ethics professor takes on clinical trials, marketing
Writing for Mother Jones, University of Minnesota medical ethics professor Carl Elliott digs into the Dan Markingson story first covered…
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Data: Calif. for-profits order more C-sections
Writing for California Watch, Nathanael Johnson leads with the numbers on his story about for-profit hospitals and C-sections. Appropriately for…
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Why Texas is failing to privatize mental health care
In 2003, Texas passed a law that sought to turn mental health care in the state into a competitive marketplace.…
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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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How ghostwriters sold hormone replacement
Writing in PLoS Medicine, Adriane J. Fugh-Berman, M.D., demonstrates the cynical art of “publication planning” and the use of academic…
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Assessing acute care in America
The New York Times‘ Kevin Sack reports on a Health Affairs study that explores “acute medical care,” particularly initial visits…
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VA pays for Agent Orange-related illnesses despite lack of evidence
Hundreds of thousands of Vietnam veterans are being compensated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for illnesses the agency says…
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Looking at most profitable hospitals in U.S.
On Forbes.com, David Whelan directs our attention to the magazine’s listing of the nation’s 25 most profitable hospitals with the…
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School lunches, obesity and causality
Miller-McCune magazine’s Washington correspondent Emily Badger explains how a study found that the National School Lunch program is linked to…
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How HHS can improve data infrastructure
Better data means better public health. That’s the message put forth in a new commentary piece in the Journal of…