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ABC News launches global health project
Tonight at 10 Eastern, ABC News anchor Dianne Sawyer will host “Be the Change: Save a Life,” a program which…
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Public Citizen: Pharma tops government defrauders
The nonprofit consumer group Public Citizen has conducted an analysis that indicates that the pharmaceutical industry has passed the defense…
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N.J. taxpayers pay tab on illegal steroids
Without further ado, here are links to the three parts of the enormous (both in length and import) “Strong at…
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Journalist-turned-doctor combats high lab prices
On CNN’s Health page, Jim Kavanagh profiled Dr. Doug Lefton, a man who has gone from newspaper reporter to physician…
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Brokers place seniors in homes without screening
The Seattle Times‘ Michael Berens takes a deep look at the industry of “free” elder placement services that began in…
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New stats: 1 in 6 get foodborne illnesses each year
More precise estimates than previously available find that one in six Americans suffer foodborne illnesses annually and that 3,000 die…
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Court ruling opens door for reporting on new law
Melissa Preddy of the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism followed up on Monday’s court ruling that part…
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N.Y. reporter finds local doctors in ProPublica database
Writing for Gannett’s Binghamton, N.Y., Press & Sun-Bulletin, Julia Hunter localized ProPublica’s investigation of pharmaceutical companies and disciplined doctors by starting…
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Montreal reporter finds that envelopes of cash improve access to care
The Montreal Gazette‘s Charlie Fidelman has uncovered a shadowy pay-for-care system in that city’s public hospitals which promises patients quicker…
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Prolific antipsychotic prescribers have industry ties
California Watch’s Christina Jewett compares a list of that state’s top antipsychotic prescribers reimbursed by state Medicaid (obtained through Sen.…
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