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overtreatment
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AP story focuses on overuse of medical treatments
Lindsey Tanner of The Associated Press addresses the overtesting and overtreatment that have become the focus of several studies and…
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Tribune investigates nursing home psychiatrist
In the latest installment of the Chicago Tribune‘s investigation into Illinois nursing homes, Sam Roe and ProPublica’s Christina Jewett investigate…
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‘Too old for surgery’ a more complicated decision
Marie McCullough of The Philadelphia Inquirer takes a look at lifesaving surgeries performed on older patients, finding that “Age is…
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In speech, Gawande asks new MDs to cut costs
In the wake of his much-discussed New Yorker piece about health care costs, Dr. Atul Gawande spoke to graduates of…