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Aging and health: How are we doing?
Did you happen to catch the new report from the CDC – “The State of Aging and Health in America (PDF)?” This…
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Exploring the associations between periodontal disease and diabetes
Mary Otto Periodontal (gum) disease is a recognized complication of diabetes. Beyond the fact that people with diabetes are more…
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Oregon reaches out to small businesses to clear up reform confusion
If you had to draw up a list of the five or six states that are likely to have a…
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New project presents sources for range of health-related data
Using data, journalists have more ways to tell their stories, analyze trends and effects and find connections between seemingly unrelated…
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Senate report echoes journalists’ findings on corporate-owned dental clinics
The Center for Public Integrity’s David Heath, who has done extensive reporting on the practices at Small Smiles dental clinics,…
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Reporting – and not reporting – on mice and men and scientific bias
In the medical world, mice seem to be making out pretty well. So far, researchers have reportedly cured mice of…
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Texas poses challenges for insurance enrollment under ACA
Few states have been as hostile to the Affordable Care Act as Texas under Gov. Rick Perry. And, with its…
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Medicaid kids getting more dental treatment; report has state-by-state breakdown
In spite of the numbers of Medicaid children rising steeply between 2000 and 2010, the percentage of them making it…
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GAO report a rich source on range of insurance premiums
How much will the Affordable Care Act affect health insurance premiums in each state when the individual mandate becomes effective…
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AHCJ members take on new professional challenges
Sally James, a Seattle-based independent journalist, recently spoke to more than 500 people at Town Hall in Seattle about how to communicate complex science…
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