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Everyone reacts to Avandia roller coaster
First, the background: Avandia, also known as rosiglitazone, is an anti-diabetes drug that helps patients control their blood sugar. It…
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AP lawyer: Be aggressive in using FOIA
Karen Kaiser, an attorney who leads the FOIA legal work for The Associated Press, spoke about the importance of the…
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German HealthNewsReview to launch in November
Medien-Doktor.de, the German version of America’s HealthNewsReview.org and Australia’s pioneering Media Doctor site is set to launch in November. Gary…
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Medical errors and the movement toward transparency
The Chicago chapter of AHCJ recently hosted David Mayer, M.D., co-producer of the award-winning film, "The Faces of Medical Error…
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Get up to speed on Sept. 23 insurance changes
Start with this primer from the AP’s Carla K. Johnson, an AHCJ board member. The big lesson is that you’ll…
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CMS failed to report disciplined providers
ProPublica’s Marian Wang reports that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services “essentially undermined” HHS efforts to create a national…
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Fellow, veteran reporter is ‘miles ahead’ after day 1
He’s only been in New York for a day, and David Gulliver, already appears to be a big fan of…
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Doctors quietly get millions from device makers
The Archives of Internal Medicine recently published a study on conflict of interest disclosures by surgeons receiving more than $1…
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New CME provider eschews industry money
Medical Marketing & Media‘s Marc Iskowitz profiles a new continuing medical education provider, Lighthouse Learning. Started by a Harvard neurologist…
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Health reporting and one researcher’s pet peeves
Dorothy Bishop, neuropsychology professor and occasional science/academics blogger (bio), ruminates on what she calls the “uneasy alliance” between science and…
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