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Report, feature focus on state health stats
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has assembled data from the 2008 National…
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Let the comparison shopping begin
The august Institute of Medicine is out with academic medicine’s answer to the Billboard Hot 100. A panel of experts…
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Philly VA doc defends himself before Congress
The New York Times‘ Walt Bogdanich has followed up his investigation into a “rogue” cancer unit at a Philadelphia VA…
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Stimulus boosts health care for poor Americans
The Associated Press’s Kristen Wyatt looks at one category of stimulus spending that’s already making an impact: funding for clinics…
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Obama to answer videos, tweets on Wednesday
At 1:15 ET on Wednesday, President Barack Obama will answer questions about health care reform at a live, online town-hall…
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FDA weighs tougher warnings for acetaminophen
When it comes to acute liver damage, acetaminophen, the painkilling ingredient in Tylenol, is a bigger hazard than alcohol. Photo…
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AMA wants lower med school costs, student debt
In the American Medical Association’s American Medical News, Amy Lynn Sorrel reports on resolutions from the AMA’s annual meeting calling…
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Reporter honored for story on mental health system
Carol Smith, formerly of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, won a 2009 Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism. The contest, presented by the…
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More pills mean more risk
Sometimes it takes a celebrity to draw attention to something we should have noticed long ago. Though the exact cause…
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AHCJ speaker writes about physiology of eating
The New York Times‘s Tara Parker-Pope reviewed former FDA chief Dr. David Kessler’s new book, The End of Overeating: Taking…
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