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Health Journalism 2008: How will retiring boomers affect the national health agenda?
The first of the nation's Baby Boomers are just three years from retirement age. Experts predict escalating age-related chronic disease…
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Health Journalism 2008: Current controversies in transplantation
This panel at AHCJ's annual conference discussed organ transplantation, which involves genuine rationing, with not enough supply to meet demand.…
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Ethical Evolution of Living Donor Transplantation
Presentation from Lynt Johnson, M.D., chief, Division of Transplant Surgery, Georgetown University Hospital, on the "Current controversies in transplantation" panel…
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Record crowd hears from Dennis Quaid, Elizabeth Edwards
A record crowd attending Health Journalism 2008 heard Elizabeth Edwards criticize Republican presidential candidate John McCain's health care proposals, actor…
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New transplant frontier: Small intestine
This presentation from Thomas Fishbein, M.D., Georgetown University Hospital, is from the Breakfast with the Experts session "New transplant frontier:…
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Violence and mental illness: ‘Just the facts’ on prevalence, prevention, and prediction
This presentation from Jeffrey Swanson, Ph.D., professor in psychiatry and behavioral sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, is from the…
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Nursing innovations: Bank Your Health at Home Program Outcomes Snapshot
This presentation by Connie Burgess, M.S., R.N., managing partner, Health InterConnexions, is from the panel "Efforts to improve health care…
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Violence, Crime and the Mentally Ill: Myths and Truths
This presentation from E. Fuller Torrey, M.D., founder and president, Treatment Advocacy Center, is from the panel "Violence and mental…
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Cancer Screening: The Clash between Intuition and Science
This presentation from Barnett Kramer, M.D., director, Office of Disease Prevention, National Institutes of Health, is from the panel "Lies,…
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Programs that Improve the Mental Health of American Children, Teens & Parents
A presentation from Bernadette Melnyk, Ph.D., R.N., F.N.A.P., F.A.A.N., dean and distinguished foundation professor in nursing, Arizona State University, for…
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