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Scans at LA hospital spewed 8x normal radiation
On Oct. 8, the FDA issued an alert recommending hospitals review CT scan radiation levels after dangerous doses were detected…
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Controversy follows medical tourism’s top couple
Reuters’ Brendan Borrell profiles Jonathan Edelheit and Renée-Marie Stephano, the 37-year-old lawyers who founded the Medical Tourism Association in 2007…
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House holds hearing on brain injuries in NFL
The House of Representatives is holding a hearing on “Legal Issues Relating to Football Head Injuries” that is being webcast…
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Madison media team up, focus on health access
Instead of bickering and battling for scraps when times got tough, media in Madison, Wis., set aside differences, circled the…
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Rural health costs: Lower, but just as uneven
Writing on the rural news site Daily Yonder, Bill Bishop and Julie Ardery take a look at the Dartmouth Atlas,…
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War injuries advance treatment of brain injuries
In a three-part package published this month, the Los Angeles Times‘ Melissa Healy explains recent advances in the diagnosis and…
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CBS questions CDC’s H1N1 prevalence estimates
CBS’s Sharyl Attkisson reviewed state and federal data (collected through FOIA and other open records requests) and found that H1N1…
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Cancer society’s messages on screening conflict
The New York Times‘ Gina Kolata reports that the American Cancer Society, a longtime defender of early detection and cancer…
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Feds take Columbia to task over decade-old study
The run of intriguing health journalism from the Huffington Post Investigative Fund continues this week, as Jeanne Lenzer and Shannon…
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Trib looks into dangerous nursing home residents
The Chicago Tribune‘s Gary Marx and David Jackson examined the effectiveness of Illinois regulations implemented in 2006 to protect nursing…