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Outgoing president presents state of the association, notes transition with pride
This will be my last HealthBeat column. After five years as president of AHCJ, it's time to turn the gavel…
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Journalists selected for 2009-10 AHCJ-CDC Health Journalism Fellowships
AHCJ has announced the selection of the second class of AHCJ-CDC Health Journalism Fellows. The 10 journalists will spend a…
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SF chapter presents workshop on FOI, public records
More than 40 people attended a panel that offered an overview and updates about the Freedom of Information Act and…
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Sources and resources for journalists covering aging
AHCJ member Eileen Beal, an independent journalist who has covered aging issues since the late 1990s, compiled this list of…
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Aging in the 21st Century: Presentations and Tip sheets
These presentations and tip sheets were prepared for the Aging in the 21st Century workshop in October 2009. Topics include:…
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Problems Faced by Ethnic Minority Elders
In this tip sheet, prepared for the"Aging in the 21st Century" workshop, Conchy Bretos, of MIA Consulting, offers a case…
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AHCJ objects to federal agencies’ handling of story embargo
The Association of Health Care Journalists sent letters this week to several federal agencies and a medical journal objecting to…
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University of Miami Center on Aging: Demographics of an Aging Society
On their face, the statistics are striking. In 2006, about 37 million people in the United States were 65 or…
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Global Population Aging
The world population is aging at an exponential rate; factors include the baby boomer generation growing older, the general population…
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Coming Soon: Slowing Human Aging
Once only a prospect of science fiction, modern medical advances are closer than ever to determining ways to slow human…