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Studies
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Coverage of bacon, cell phones doesn’t add up
Zoe Williams, a columnist for the UK’s Guardian, weighs in on coverage of two recent studies, saying that the Daily…
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Concussion more likely when hit is unexpected
There’s anecdotal evidence that athletes are less likely to get concussions if they were ready for the impact before it…
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Feds: We’re doing well against health fraud
Calling health care “a convoluted system that’s easy to game,” Kaiser Health News’ Andrew Villegas writes that despite recent federal…
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Tanning beds: What do the numbers really mean?
This is a guest post from Ivan Oransky, M.D., editor of Reuters Health and AHCJ’s treasurer, written at my invitation.…
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Hensley explores HIT-related privacy breaches
NPR health blogger Scott Hensley writes that the HHS’ running list of “breaches of unsecured protected health information affecting 500…
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PR pro describes pitching health stories to reporters
Jessica Levco, of Ragan Communications, provides some insight into how at least one public relations professional is pitching health stories…
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Report: Health care disparities aren’t getting better
In their coverage of AHRQ’s latest annual quality and disparities reports (Quality PDF | Disparities PDF), most outlets focused on…
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Report links Gulf War, illness; calls for more study
The Institute of Medicine has released a report, sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs, on certain health issues in…
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Majority of bloggers call themselves journalists
On his Journalistics blog, Jeremy Porter assessed a recent PRWeek/PR Newswire survey on blogging and online journalism. Attitudes in both…
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AHCJ has resources for World Tuberculosis Day
In honor of World Tuberculosis Day, an awareness day organized by the Stop TB Partnership, here’s a roundup of the…