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AHCJ fellows hear from CDC experts
AHCJ’s Midwest fellows just spent three days in Atlanta meeting with experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
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When is an embargo not an embargo?
How about when a press release was never issued? None was available when the UK media reported results of a study about…
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Calls for FDA reform are building
Former FDA staffers and consumer advocacy groups are pointing to reforming the FDA as something the Obama administration should make…
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Daschle uses video to discuss suggestions
Last week, the Obama team started a ‘community discussion‘ on its Web site about health care. Well, former Sen. Tom…
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Controversy arises over residents’ sleep
Fatigued medical residents need protected sleep periods and increased supervision of work-hour limits to improve patient safety and their training…
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Deadline approaches to enter your top work
Recently, AHCJ’s principles were cited as a positive way to avoid conflicts of interest for health reporting in a paper…
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More trials with favorable outcomes get published
An observational study published in PLoS Medicine finds that not all trial results in New Drug Applications for new drugs…
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Last-minute rules would affect health care
ProPublica, which is tracking last-minute rulemaking by the Bush Administration, reports on one rule that would make it more difficult…
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14 meds used off label need further study
Researchers have assembled a list of 14 widely prescribed drugs they believe urgently need additional study to determine safety and effectiveness…
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Dingell jockeys to chair health subcommittee
John Dingell may have been ousted as chairman of the powerful House Energy & Commerce Committee, but he may already…
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