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Pharmaceuticals
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Medtronic, researchers failed to report known link to complication
Medtronic, a medical device maker, and researchers with financial ties to the company have known for years that a “biological…
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Veteran journalists speak from front lines of prescription drug epidemic
In a subject area increasingly defined by its steady drumbeat of alarming numbers and increasingly dire statistics, the opening to…
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DEA disciplines Fla. physicians; state allows them to continue practicing
Writing for Health News Florida, Brittany Davis shows the importance of following up on a disciplined caregivers story. In February,…
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ProPublica investigates ties between doc groups, industry
With an assist from Sen. Chuck Grassley, ProPublica senior reporters Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein, AHCJ’s board president, have published…
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Ex-pharma rep talks about pressure, tactics to sell
A story reported and produced by Gerri Shaftel at KTTV-Los Angeles (and presented by Christine Devine) gives viewers a look…
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Members’ investigations prompt bills in Wash.
Three health-related bills moving through the Washington legislature came about as a result of articles reported by AHCJ members at…
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NYT’s Heffernan contrasts WebMD, MayoClinic.com
New York Times Magazine columnist Virginia Heffernan has posted a take on the quality of online health information, framed as…
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Reporter examines W.Va.’s drug epidemic
The Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette‘s Alison Knezevich has geared an in-depth series around the fact that West Virginia has the highest…
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More antipsychotics prescribed to foster children
Need To Know, the PBS newsmagazine, recently took a look at the use of antipsychotics in foster children. Shoshana Guy’s…
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Rather on drug resistance, psychology and Norwegian fish farms
Dan Rather Reports, HDnet’s investigative series, has devoted its latest episode to antibiotic overuse and the resistance it has created.…