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In health reporting, hard data provides a sound skeletal structure for good anecdotes
“Pesticide use by farmers linked to high rates of depression, suicides.” This story came about because I saw a federal…
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Check out this new primer on LGBT health issues
In the past year, we’ve moved to beef up our content area on health disparities, including those affecting certain subgroups,…
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Keep these things in mind when writing about LGBT health coverage
As a gay man in his mid-twenties, I knew HIV testing was a normal part of my health care regimen,…
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New report provides snapshot of gum disease prevalence
Periodontal disease, also known as gum disease, is a widespread oral health problem. Research suggests that nearly half of all…
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Now that 20 million Americans gained coverage under ACA, is it possible to lower the uninsured rate further?
In Milwaukee on Thursday, President Obama reported that, under the Affordable Care Act, 20 million Americans who were previously uninsured…
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Focusing a lens on right-to-die issues
The right to choose how and when we die has been a hot button issue for decades. Five U.S. states,…
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Here’s how one journalist discovered the rush to robotic surgery was ahead of the evidence
What does it take to write an award-winning article? For Richard Mark Kirkner, the process involved finding the right idea,…
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Bernie, single payer – and a little Hillary fact checking
When Bernie Sanders released his single payer plan earlier this year, I expected many of the smart health policy writers…
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Rush to robotic surgery outpaces medical evidence, critics say
Richard Mark Kirkner I was flipping through AARP The Magazine — yeah, I’m of that age — in January 2014…
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High court ruling could affect state efforts to collect insurance claims data
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled March 1 in Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual, the justices gave journalists a chance to…
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