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Studies
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Controversy arises over residents’ sleep
Fatigued medical residents need protected sleep periods and increased supervision of work-hour limits to improve patient safety and their training…
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More trials with favorable outcomes get published
An observational study published in PLoS Medicine finds that not all trial results in New Drug Applications for new drugs…
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Health policy news is just 1 percent of all news
A study from the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism found that news…
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Culture, history blamed for ‘fattest city’ status
An AP analysis of CDC data has found that Huntington, W.Va., to be the fattest city in the United States:…
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Racial/ethnic health disparities among disabled
A study in the Oct. 3 edition of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report…