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Researchers examine long-term effects of vitamins, vaccines on children’s immune systems
For a 40-minute documentary broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and produced by Anthony Baxter, reporter Richard Phinney visited a small,…
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Data: Hospital performs ‘combination’ CT scans at 10 times national rate
Lisa Chedekel, of the Connecticut Health Investigative Team, used Hospital Compare data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services…
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New health-related state laws for 2011
Many thanks to Melissa Preddy for pointing out, in a post on the Reynolds Center’s businessjournalism.org, the National Conference of…
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BMJ: Wakefield’s vaccine-autism study fraudulent
The Internet and other media are abuzz with the news, published by BMJ yesterday, that the study published in The…
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Nonprofit hospitals pay country club dues for execs
In what would seem a logical follow up to last year’s piece on hospital salaries, KUOW’s John Ryan has used…
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Behavior modification for ‘White Coat Myopia’
Find powerful, relevant stories that don't begin and end with doctors Every year end brings a flood of stories about…
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Las Vegas Sun caps series by showing solutions
In the Las Vegas Sun reporter Marshall Allen wraps up his wide-ranging Do No Harm series on hospital quality by…
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NICE official: Rumours of demise greatly exaggerated
The new government in Britain has targeted the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence for change. John Lister interviewed Kalipso Chalkidou, International…
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WSJ exposes flaws of Medicare’s pay now, investigate later culture
In the latest story to take advantage of their paper’s Medicare data trove, The Wall Street Journal‘s Mark Schoofs and…
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NICE official: Rumours of demise greatly exaggerated
Kalipso Chalkidou Andrew Lansley, the United Kingdom's health secretary, recently announced plans to reorganize the National Institute for Health and…
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