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Public health
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R.I. program provides care outside hospitals in effort to reduce ER use
Using community health workers to work with frequent emergency room visitors is showing some success in reducing ER use. The…
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Las Vegas hospital sends 1,500 patients with mental health issues to other cities
Nevada has been shipping mental health patients out of state as it has cut funding for mental health services, according…
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Government officials, researcher make case for policy influencing healthy behavior #ahcj13
Well-structured, comprehensive health policy can change behaviors according to panelists Susan Kansagra, Manish Sethi and Giridhar Mallya. They have been…
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Boston program specializes in treating homeless #ahcj13
“I’ve been locked up in mental institutions and prison. If it hadn’t been for the team here, I wouldn’t be…
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Tipping point: Stress affects soldiers and their families #ahcj13
The physical manifestations of stress are something Kenneth Pitts, M.S., research scientist at the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental…
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Getting past conventional wisdom in the prescription drug epidemic #ahcj13
Drug-induced fatalities are one of the only preventable causes of death that’s rising, rather than decreasing. That’s because deaths from…
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Workplace-based health initiatives target smoking, mental health, nutrition #ahcj13
Is your workplace making you sick? Experts at Health Journalism 2013 in Boston said it can — and does. Bad…
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Journalists share tips for weighing hospital rankings #ahcj13
Can every hospital really be better than every other hospital at everything? Hospital public relations folks and the people who…
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Experts stress lifestyle changes as prevention, treatment for diabetes #ahcj13
Diabetes is prevalent in the United States, and the numbers continue to balloon. In a Health Journalism 2013 session focusing…
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Relating global health to your local audience #ahcj13
Multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis and counterfeit or contaminated drugs have been major problems in countries abroad, but we are now hearing…