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Report looks at limited access to dental health, offers recommendations
A report this week from the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council looks at the consequences of inadequate…
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Tips on covering dental health care and access to care
Just as with other aspects of health care, children, older adults, and people who live in rural areas are affected…
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America’s border towns are often health care black holes
Colonias, underserved, poverty-riddled communities along America’s southern border populated mostly by American citizens of Mexican descent, have long remained uncomfortably…
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Inspired by NHS, Lieberman calls for reporters to spotlight patient safety improvements
Fresh off a trip to powwow with health journalists, academics and officials in England as a Fulbright Senior Specialist, AHCJ…
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Top docs spar over Medtronic research, Iraq service
Following up on his work on the dangers of Medtronic’s Infuse spine fusion product and the conflicts of interest that…
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Reporter’s narrative illuminates little-researched birth defect
When Wisconsin State Journal reporter David Wahlberg investigated what appeared to be rural Wisconsin’s increase in gastroschisis, a rare birth…
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Tips on investigating health professionals and the boards that regulate them
It's likely you've read some of the stories about health professionals gone wrong in recent months. They include reports by…
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Reporter digs into nonprofit hospital CEO pay
At The Atlanta Journal-Constitution‘s M.B. Pell has assembled a look at CEO pay at local nonprofit hospitals. Pell hits hard…
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Journalist compares U.K. science writers, American health reporters
When the Association of British Science Writers announced the nominees for their 2011 Science Writers’ Awards, Guardian science blogger Martin…
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Regulations failed to slow cosmetic surgery deaths
Bob LaMendola and Sally Kestin, of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, report that regulations put in place a decade ago have…
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