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Tipping point: Stress affects soldiers and their families #ahcj13
The physical manifestations of stress are something Kenneth Pitts, M.S., research scientist at the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental…
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Go beyond aging study data to ask ‘why?’
Outside, there is still a chill in the air and I have recent memories of several inches of snow on…
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Snapshots from #ahcj13 | Desi K. Robinson
Desi K. Robinson is a freelancer and a news reporter with WBAI Radio in New York. She is creator and…
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Cancer registries can provide story ideas, context #ahcj13
You don’t need a background in epidemiology to get great information and story ideas from state and national cancer registries.…
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Readmissions, the drug store and a sleep-deprived patient
Eric Whitney Colorado Public Radio’s Eric Whitney recently reported on a new program involving Walgreens pharmacists that is intended to…
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Snapshots from #ahcj13 | Michelle McEvoy
Michelle McEvoy, communications associate, New York State Health Foundation: Is this your first AHCJ conference? Yes, its fantastic, the energy…
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Big data is coming to a study near you
As social networks and search engines catalog our every click and keystroke, they generate billions or even trillions of data…
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Research into behavioral genetics in its infancy #ahcj13
At the Health Journalism 2013 session on Shaping the Pediatric Brain, independent journalist David Dobbs shared insights on researching and…
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Getting past conventional wisdom in the prescription drug epidemic #ahcj13
Drug-induced fatalities are one of the only preventable causes of death that’s rising, rather than decreasing. That’s because deaths from…
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Snapshots from #ahcj13 | Ron Shinkman
For Ron Shinkman, reporter at “Payers and Providers” in Los Angeles, the most rewarding session was “Rich Hospital Poor Hospital,…
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