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Report: Kosovo crime ring executed prisoners, harvested their organs
According to a draft report from the Council of Europe, a criminal network in Kosovo executed prisoners and sold their…
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WSJ details conflicts that drive spine fusion surgery
The Wall Street Journal‘s John Carreyou and Tom McGinty have taken advantage of their paper’s Medicare data stockpile to look…
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Fla. group home’s sex policy raises questions
St. Petersburg Times reporter Justin George has painstakingly assembled the story of a group home for developmentally disabled adult men…
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After 8 years, Quebec’s adverse event reporting law remains unenforceable
The Montreal Gazette‘s Charlie Fidelman has assembled a round-up of what has, and hasn’t, happened in the eight years since…
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AHCJ urges reporters in disaster areas to avoid focusing on selves
Reporters covering cholera in Haiti and the latest tsunami in Indonesia bring the world’s attention to people in urgent need,…
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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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