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Ideas for covering Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men in the United States, after…
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Wealth of ideas for covering rural health issues from AHCJ conference
There’s a lot to unpack from day-long conferences and AHCJ’s Rural Health Journalism Workshop this summer was no exception. About…
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Journalists, FOIA and the law: When should reporters sue?
The job of a journalist is to seek the truth and report it. To provide comprehensive and fair accounts of…
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Dental emergencies persist even after the poor gain health coverage
Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act has brought health coverage to millions of new beneficiaries. But even with the…
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Hospital companies see fewer unpaid bills under ACA
A recent post by Bruce Japsen at Forbes makes a quick supplement to a post we did recently highlighting how…
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Communicating drug risks in pharma marketing: A new FDA challenge
Many American consumers may not realize this, but only New Zealand and the United States are the only countries with strong pharmaceutical regulations…
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Tips on prying loose records using FOIA requests, lawsuit
Fred Schulte Fred Schulte’s investigation, for the Center of Public Integrity, into problems with Medicare Advantage plans took a lot of digging, filing…
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Obama’s Alaska trip highlights health, too
President Barack Obama’s trip to Alaska this week is aimed at highlighting climate change and the environment, but his health…
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Two takes on measuring the effectiveness of research institute
Fred Schulte of the Center for Public Integrity took a look at the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). Created by…
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Study attempts policy point by detailing cancer rates by congressional district
A lot has been said lately about the geography of health, with maps citing longevity by ZIP code, and other…
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