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Fla. juvenile justice system relies on heavy antipsychotic use
In looking into the state Department of Juvenile Justice’s use of powerful prescription antipsychotics, The Palm Beach Post‘s Michael LaForgia…
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Medtronic, researchers failed to report known link to complication
Medtronic, a medical device maker, and researchers with financial ties to the company have known for years that a “biological…
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Welcome (and follow) AHCJ’s newest members!
These journalists have joined AHCJ recently: Pelin Ogut, student, Anadolu University; Eskisehir, Turkey Veronique LaCapra, science & technology reporter, KWMU-St.…
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CBC, grad students cover palliative care and death in Canada
The CBC’s new series on dying has a unique provenance: The stories are the work of 16 graduate students at…
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Veteran journalists speak from front lines of prescription drug epidemic
In a subject area increasingly defined by its steady drumbeat of alarming numbers and increasingly dire statistics, the opening to…
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Emails show Texas council’s disregard for EPA regs
Thanks to an order from the Texas Attorney General, Mark Greenblatt, of KHOU-Houston, obtained emails (2-page PDF) which demonstrate the…
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DEA disciplines Fla. physicians; state allows them to continue practicing
Writing for Health News Florida, Brittany Davis shows the importance of following up on a disciplined caregivers story. In February,…
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NEJM article: Media partially to blame for slow adoption of cost-effective health care
In a new “Perspectives” piece in the New England Journal of Medicine, Victor R. Fuchs, Ph.D., and Arnold Milstein, M.D.,…
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Effort to make Medicare data public advances
The Dow Jones Company’s efforts to make Medicare data public took a step forward yesterday with a U.S. magistrate recommending…
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AHCJ members provide context for reporter’s medical marijuana story
This is a guest post written at our request by Ryan Sabalow of the Redding (Calif.) Record-Searchlight. I knew I…
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