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HHS: $3,700 out-of-pocket for employer coverage
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the results of a study which found that, on average, Americans pay…
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WHO: Half of road deaths are non-motorists
Almost half of the folks killed in traffic accidents annually are cyclists, pedestrians or motorcyclists, according to the World Health…
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Iowa air pollution unmonitored, may be dangerous
The Des Moines Register‘s Perry Beeman and Chase Davis investigated air pollution in Iowa, particularly that made up of enough…
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An ounce of prevention will cost you
Prevention is no panacea. If the country expects to keep people well by catching and treating disease early, better health…
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Wrestling with the FDA recall e-mail avalanche
NPR’s April Fulton recently blogged about a phenomenon familiar to anyone with a subscription to the FDA’s recall e-mail list,…
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Tough talk and rough road for Health Policy
Speechmaking has given way to lawmaking. Now that the complex task of making Health Policy real is under way, it’s…
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In speech, Gawande asks new MDs to cut costs
In the wake of his much-discussed New Yorker piece about health care costs, Dr. Atul Gawande spoke to graduates of…
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Key legislators cozy with health industry
Reporters Larry Margasak and Sharon Theimer of the Associated Press explored close ties between senators poised to make key decisions…
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Med school conflict of interest policies rated
The American Medical Student Association released a 2009 version of their PharmFreeScorecard, evaluating 149 U.S. medical schools based on their…
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CDC refuses to hand over 4,000 pages to paper
In January, 2007, AHCJ member and Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Alison Young asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for…