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Satcher advocates midlevel dental providers to improve access to care
In 2000, then-Surgeon General David Satcher called national attention to “a silent epidemic” of oral diseases, afflicting America’s most vulnerable…
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Caregiving element is missing from articles on senior housing options
If you’re going to write about new options for vulnerable older adults who want to age in place in your…
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Faced with shortages, paramedics turn to expired drugs
Reporting on how drug shortages are impacting paramedics, The Associated Press’ Jonathan Cooper discovered things had deteriorated to the point…
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Question the claims, evaluate validity of studies on Health Policy
A tweet from my friend Laura Beil, an AHCJ member and fine health/science writer, got my attention: @LJBeil: Dallas metro…
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Extensive coverage of AIDS 2012 available online
The XIX International AIDS Conference is under way in Washington, D.C., this week. Get the Aids2012 widget and many other…
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New AHCJ board seated for 2012-13
Scott Hensley, NPR’s Shots blog writer and editor, joins five incumbents in being seated on the Association of Health Care…
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New AHCJ board seated for 2012-13
Scott Hensley, NPR’s Shots blog writer and editor, joins five incumbents in being seated on the Association of Health Care…
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‘Top Doctors’ rankings lack standards, oversight
It’s going to surprise exactly nobody that the organizations that help sell plaques to physicians might just be in it…
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New topic leader starts conversation about oral health
I am looking forward to being AHCJ’s new oral health core topic leader and pointing you to resources and having…
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Alzheimer’s drug puts journalists’ judgment to test
It was the kind of news that had to be handled delicately, with a deft touch and a sense of…
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