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Using Twitter, LinkedIn to diversify your sources #ahcj13
At KQED Public Radio’s The California Report in San Francisco, part of my job is to connect with communities across California…
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Covering lifestyle, genetics and policies that lead to healthy aging
Eileen Beal For Dr. John W. Rowe and Robert L. Kahn, authors of “Successful Aging,” the book that got the…
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Experts call for changing culture of youth sports to reduce dangerous injuries #ahcj13
Organizers of youth baseball leagues learned a simple truth over time – that if they let a pitcher throw without…
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Snapshots from #ahcj13 | Lisa Eramo
Lisa Eramo, independent journalist, Cranston, R.I.:What sessions have you enjoyed the most so far? All of the freelance ones have…
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Growing challenges to safety, adequacy of drug supply #ahcj13
Essential, commonplace drugs are in short supply, including morphine, epinephrine and chemotherapy agents. Those shortages have led to a greater…
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Freelancers share strategies, tools for maintaining quality #ahcj13
Freelancers have a lot on their plates: pitching, making deadline, managing their time. In the Health Journalism 2013 session “Freelance:…
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Stem cells: Hope or hype? #ahcj13
The public’s hope for stem cell cures remain high, but scientists warn that many basic problems with this approach remain…
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Snapshots from #ahcj13 | Elizabeth Devita-Raeburn
Elizabeth Devita-Raeburn, 46, an independent Jojrnalist in New York City, is the author of “The Empty Room,” a memoir of…
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Hospitals struggle to find ways to reduce avoidable readmissions #ahcj13
About one in five Medicare patients hospitalized for heart attacks, heart failure or pneumonia will be back in the hospital…
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Nearly 800 attend AHCJ’s annual conference
A record crowd attending Health Journalism 2013 saw AHCJ unveil its own searchable news application of hospital inspection reports, heard…
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