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Geriatricians and the Aging Population (Herbert Sier presentation)
Dr. Sier explains the background and benefits of specialized geriatric medicine.
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Long-Term Care (LTC) Workforce (Valerie Gruss presentation)
As baby boomers age, Dr. Gruss said, the nursing shortage will only become more acute — particularly in the arena…
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Why Is It So Difficult to Prevent Foodborne Illnesses? (Michael Doyle)
A food safety researcher answers the question posed in the title of his presentation, namely "Why Is It So Difficult…
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FDA Reform: The Time Has Come (Nancy Donley presentation)
A food safety advocate makes the case for FDA reform and directs journalists to resources for covering food safety from…
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Pelvic Pain and Dysfunction: America’s Hidden Disabilities (Colleen Fitzgerald presentation)
Dr. Fitzgerald makes the case for women’s health rehabilitation.
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The NIH Women’s Health Research Agenda: The Coming Decade (Janine Austin Clayton presentation)
An NIH representative presents the general direction of that institution's women's health research, as well as specific issues and research…
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Tanning beds: What do the numbers really mean?
This is a guest post from Ivan Oransky, M.D., editor of Reuters Health and AHCJ’s treasurer, written at my invitation.…
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Agenda indicates federal health priorities
This week, OMB Watch brought our attention to the recently released “Current Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions,” which…
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Medical groups voluntarily tighten ethics rules
Writing for NPR’s health blog, Maggie Mertens reports that while recently passed reform legislation includes the “Physician Payments Sunshine Act”…
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WSJ: Small hospitals get little benefit from device
In The Wall Street Journal, John Carreyrou uses the problems of a small New Hampshire hospital to illustrate how difficult…
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