Winning Contest Entries
Explore a diverse array of entries that have participated in our contests over the years. These entries represent the incredible talent, creativity, and dedication of journalists and storytellers from various backgrounds and media platforms.
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Suicidal thoughts alarmingly common in people with autism
Several large studies of adolescents and adults with autism reveal that bleak moods and suicidal despair are extremely common, particularly…
- 2014
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- Beat Reporting
Vaccination Noncompliance: Are Your Patients at Risk?
Vaccine compliance continues to be a challenging issue for medical group practice managers. This article explores the issue and highlights…
- 2014
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- Beat Reporting
Spotting Cancer in a Vial of Blood
A renowned cancer scientist. His dying brother. A new type of DNA test with profound public health implications. Technology Review…
- 2014
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- Beat Reporting
The DCIS Dilemma
“One in every four breast cancer diagnoses today is technically not cancer. While a risky condition, ductal carcinoma in situ…
- 2014
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- Beat Reporting
Disease Awareness Ads Thrive In Regulatory No-Man’s Land
Disease-awareness advertisements may be slipping through the regulatory cracks at the expense of patients and to the advantage of the…
- 2014
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- Beat Reporting
The Science of Fat
“The article explores the biological mechanisms that work against us when we try to lose weight. A leader in the…
- 2014
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- Beat Reporting
Match Madness
Match Madness is a half-hour documentary that follows the lives of three University of Georgia medical students in the time…
- 2014
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- Beat Reporting
Recent Suicides Highlight Need to Address Depression in Medical Students and Residents
This story examined the problem of depression and suicide in medical trainees and steps medical schools are taking to lift…
- 2014
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- Beat Reporting
Response to Ebola Crisis Will Require Attention to MH Needs
As the Ebola epidemic in Africa rolls on, survivors, families, children, and health workers are dealing with the stress and…
- 2014
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- Beat Reporting
The Ratings Maze
Government agencies, news organizations, healthcare accreditation and quality groups are among the many that have started publishing hospital performance measures…
- 2014
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- Beat Reporting
Rethinking charity care
The nation’s not-for-profit hospitals receive tax breaks in exchange for providing a community benefit, which has been a focus of…
- 2014
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- Beat Reporting
How to Prevent Medical Diagnostic Errors
How misdiagnosis impacts otolaryngology practice and what health-care providers can do to prevent it. Physicians are turning to a number…
- 2014
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- Beat Reporting
Growing Community-Based Doctors
A recent Institute of Medicine report recommended that less physician training be done inside hospitals and told why more needs…
- 2014
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- Beat Reporting
How healthcare’s Washington lobbying machine gets the job done
Healthcare interests spent nearly $500 million last year to influence policy decisions in Washington. This story documented the healthcare lobbying…
- 2014
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Power Morcellation: A Hazardous Practice
The Cancer Letter’s coverage of the controversy over a commonly used gynecological procedure focused on three themes: 1) The devastation…
- 2014
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