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AHCJ speaker writes about physiology of eating
The New York Times‘s Tara Parker-Pope reviewed former FDA chief Dr. David Kessler’s new book, The End of Overeating: Taking…
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Plain Dealer adds ‘price compare’ feature
Cleveland Plain Dealer reporter Sarah Jane Tribble recently announced a new feature for the paper’s health and fitness blog. Every…
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STATS: Media ignored science in BPA coverage
In a review of American media coverage of the controversy of bisphenol A, researchers at STATS (a nonprofit, nonpartisan Statistical…
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Sunshine Week may drop employee, fundraising
Clint Hendler reports in the Columbia Journalism Review that Sunshine Week’s only full-time coordinator will likely lose her job soon.…
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Health insurance exec becomes hostile witness
You know your industry is in a real jam with Congress when the nosy legislators call an ex-spinmeister to testify…
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Why should reporters use Twitter? Read on …
By keeping track of area Twitter traffic, reporter Sarah Jane Tribble of the Cleveland Plain Dealer noticed that the Cleveland…
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Dartmouth Atlas: Powerful when used right
The Dartmouth Atlas contains detailed information on regional variations in health care spending and use and therefore has the potential…
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Philly VA botched 92 of 116 cancer treatments
Walt Bogdanich of The New York Times uncovered an astounding series of regulatory and oversight errors that allowed a “rogue”…
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Memphis hospital confirms liver transplant for Jobs
Apple CEO Steve Jobs still isn’t talking about his health. But a Tennessee hospital confirmed a Wall Street Journal scoop…
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Experts question early breast cancer screening push
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a 42-year-old Democratic representative from Florida, is advocating legislation pushing for early detection and breast cancer screening…