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How to break down a big topic into a reader-friendly multipart series
Anna Gorman Anna Gorman says the statistics were startling: About one-third of patients more than 70 years old, and more…
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Disaster aftermath: Helping people to ensure Medicare benefits continue
Hurricane Matthew wreaked havoc on the southeastern United States. It left at least 43 people dead and forced many from…
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Homeopathic teething products draw FDA scrutiny, warning
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has launched an investigation to determine whether homeopathic teething products may have played a…
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Potential, implementation struggles of health IT highlighted at workshop
Health information technology is fundamental to health care moving forward, said multiple speakers at the Journalism Workshop on Health Information…
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Hospitals use algorithms to transform bad debt into charity care
Bad debt? Or charity care? Sean Hamill of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette recently wrote an interesting story about how hospitals increasingly…
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AHCJ objects to FDA’s ‘close-hold embargoes,’ requests explanation
AHCJ is protesting the Food and Drug Administration’s recent restrictive practices in handling news embargoes and has asked the agency…
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How two providers are attempting to improve dental care access in rural areas
Two recent stories aired on public radio explored the challenges faced by poor rural Americans in need of dental care.…
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More universities turning to food banks to plug hunger gap
Attending George Washington University in Washington, D.C. costs $68,625 a year, or $274,500 for the four years it takes to…
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Community paramedics help medically complex homebound avoid hospitalization
When 84-year old Bernard Cunniffe fell in the bathroom one morning, his wife called the paramedics. However, rather than transporting…
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What to keep in mind when reporting on ‘brain death’
Alan Cassels When reporting on aging, one complicated issue journalists eventually will encounter is “brain death.” Understanding the nuances of…
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