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How to access health journals and news services
AHCJ member Maia Szalavitz compiled a reference guide on how to get access to a number of publications that health…
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See who has joined AHCJ recently
Please welcome AHCJ’s newest members. All new members are welcome to stop by this post’s comment section to introduce themselves.…
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Controversy over breast implants spreads across Europe
British clinics delivering cosmetic surgery were thrown into crisis by the decision last month of the French government to fund the removal…
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Controversy over breast implants spreads across Europe
British clinics delivering cosmetic surgery were thrown into crisis by the decision last month of the French government to fund…
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Project follows the race to make bagged salad safer
The latest investigation by California HealthCare Foundation Center for Health Reporting’s Deborah Schoch will make you think twice before ripping…
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Poet’s piece on bias against elderly people serves as reminder to reporters
Anyone writing about older people with any seriousness will eventually confront the phenomenon known as “ageism.” The great gerontologist Dr.…
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Study: Good press releases contribute to good health journalism
Thanks to Gary Schwitzer for drawing attention to a study, published in BMJ, which analyzes the impact medical journal press…
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Programming errors led to overdoses with pain-medicine pumps
Building off a state health department report showing that, as The Morning Call‘s Tim Darragh wrote, “Nurses at St. Luke’s…
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Experts offer story ideas for covering Health Policy
More than 30 attendees heard local experts sketch the particular challenges and issues presented by the Affordable Care Act in…
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What reporters should know about Alzheimer’s and related dementias
Eileen Beal Over the next 20 years, the percentage of Americans age 65 and older will rise from around 13…
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