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N.C. hospital garnishes patient tax refunds to collect debts
Joseph Neff, reporting for North Carolina’s News & Observer, explains how UNC Health Care is taking advantage of “a little-known…
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Health Policy: Understanding advanceable tax credit, multi-state plan
As implementation of the Affordable Care Act marches on, a host of new terms will become part of health journalists’…
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Report highlights shortcomings in states’ dental sealant efforts
Dental sealants have long been seen as effective in preventing tooth decay. Yet when it comes to getting these thin…
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New findings on frailty challenge assumptions
We often accept frailty, with its depleted energy and general wearing down of the body, as an inevitable part of…
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Free dental services try to help the uninsured
Most Americans probably enjoyed a good meal or two during the holidays. But staying well-nourished, let alone enjoying food, are…
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New AHCJ resource to help reporters cover medical research
The Association of Health Care Journalists has rolled out another Core Curriculum topic on its website. “Covering Medical Studies” is…
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Don’t fudge the facts on chocolate studies
Studies that support a link between chocolate and good health are popular with readers. But the reality is that most…
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Even in treatment guidelines, pharma conflicts abound
As part of the ongoing Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and MedPage Today series “Side Effects” John Fauber and Ellen Gabler “examined…
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Cleveland chapter holds Holiday Meet ‘N’ Greet
This is a guest post by Eileen Beal, an AHCJ member and co-chapter chair of the Cleveland-Akron chapter of AHCJ.…
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Aging adults face universal issues of access to care, poverty, discrimination
The aging of the population is a global trend, and one that will affect developing countries even more than the…
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