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With state funds gone, Okla. dental programs still serve needy
Writing for the local NPR StateImpact outlet, Logan Layden looks at how dental programs for the needy are coping in…
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Project looks at problems in how deaths are investigated
The results of a yearlong joint investigation of the American autopsy system by ProPublica, Frontline and NPR show that problems…
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Some fear DSM update opens door for exploitation
On All Things Considered, NPR’s Alix Spiegel looks to the past and future to ferret out the potential drawbacks and…
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UK’s Dartmouth-esque atlas yields familiar results
Writing for NPR’s health blog, Christopher Weaver looks at the NHS Atlas of Variation in Healthcare, which is similar to…
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Boomers line up for Medicare Part D plans
In a Morning Edition piece, NPR’s Kelley Weiss manages to hit all the highlights of this year’s Medicare Part D…
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NPR explores the right to at-home care for disabled patients
When it comes to summarizing the NPR news investigation “Home or Nursing Home,” you really can’t do much better than…
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Days numbered for UK’s arbiter of comparative effectiveness
While comparative effectiveness research in the United States is booming thanks to the stimulus, a United Kingdom bastion of the…
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Everyone reacts to Avandia roller coaster
First, the background: Avandia, also known as rosiglitazone, is an anti-diabetes drug that helps patients control their blood sugar. It…
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Military slow to treat mild traumatic brain injury
ProPublica‘s T. Christian Miller and NPR‘s Daniel Zwerdling have found unpublished military documents which indicate that tens of thousands of…
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Medical groups voluntarily tighten ethics rules
Writing for NPR’s health blog, Maggie Mertens reports that while recently passed reform legislation includes the “Physician Payments Sunshine Act”…