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Community efforts help seniors take advantage of health benefits of pets
Pet adoption is top of mind: Our family just brought home a 15-month old shepherd mix named Duke. After just…
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Keep in mind unintended consequences of price transparency
It’s always a good idea for reporters to think about unintended consequences, especially when we’re talking about the latest, trendiest…
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Report shows how reference pricing brings down costs
One issued we pursued during the AHCJ webcast last month (The cost of health care: Is transparency possible?) is whether…
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Conference explores use of dental therapists to expand access to care
In November’s Health Affairs, Conan Murat explored his experiences as a dental health aide therapist (DHAT), providing care to his fellow…
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National look reveals gap in access to pediatric dental care
Catherine Saint Louis of The New York Times took a hard national look at the pediatric dental benefits being offered…
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Research focuses on improving life as we extend it
What happens to quality of life when science actually slows the aging process? That’s what the emerging field of geroscience…
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Medication management and adherence in older adults
Some 45 percent of older adults struggle with two or more chronic conditions and the health ramifications of those with multiple conditions…
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Eating healthy: Prohibitively expensive or surprisingly cheap?
The highest rates of obesity in the U.S. occur among population groups with the highest poverty rates. This apparent paradox…
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Lieberman: Media didn’t prepare public for website meltdown, cancellations
(Full disclosure: Kenen is Politico’s health care editor.) Former AHCJ president and Columbia Journalism Review contributor Trudy Lieberman – in a…
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AHCJ fellows meet with Atlanta chapter
The Atlanta chapter of the Association of Health Care Journalists held a social gathering Dec. 10 at the Emory Conference…
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