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Homemade poisonous gas may endanger EMTs
The Tampa Tribune‘s Keith Morelli reports that homemade poisonous gases, which he says are growing in popularity among those who…
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Oransky: Find sources with outside perspective
AHCJ Treasurer Ivan Oransky, M.D., who’s also the executive editor of Reuters Health and a teacher at NYU, stopped by…
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Survey looks at use of leftover pain meds
One in five people in Utah have been prescribed pain medication in the past year, according to new figures from…
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Reporting on the business of health care
Covering the business of health care is a challenge, whether reporting on insurance companies, service providers, consumers, pharmaceutical companies or…
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Reporting on the business of health care: Resources
Covering the business of health care is a challenge, whether reporting on insurance companies, service providers, consumers, pharmaceutical companies or…
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Reporting on the business of health care: Glossary of terms
Covering the business of health care is a challenge, whether reporting on insurance companies, service providers, consumers, pharmaceutical companies or…
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New federal caregiver database full of holes
Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein are still working with databases of disciplined caregivers, this time exposing gaping holes in the…
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Antidepressants don’t shorten disability leave
Kathleen Koster of Employee Benefit News reports on a newly released study which, Koster writes, found that “Even with antidepressant…
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CDC health overview: Diagnostic scans tripled
The CDC has released the 2009 version of Health, United States, their annual summary of health numbers and trends. It’s…
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Food Environment Atlas full of story ideas, data
The Food Environment Atlas, produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service, may be one of the best…
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