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GAO looks into why nursing home evals are flawed
The Government Accountability Office has followed up its May 2008 report that found a high level of inconsistency in nursing…
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Snyderman’s MSNBC show is canceled
In a little bit of news that may have gone unnoticed over the holidays, “Dr. Nancy,” a health program on…
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Schwitzer’s year-end thoughts on health journalism
Gary Schwitzer, publisher of HealthNewsReview.org and an associate professor in the University of Minnesota’s School of Journalism & Mass Communication,…
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FDA approval causes drug price to skyrocket
In a collaboration between The Philadelphia Inquirer and Kaiser Health News, Harris Meyer looks at the case of colchicine, a…
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Foe of degree mills sets sights on medical school
David Wolman, writing in Wired, chronicles the efforts of an Illinois physics professor, George Gollin (bio), to topple a $7…
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Airport dining proves to be a food safety challenge
USA Today‘s Alison Young reviewed inspection reports for hundreds of restaurants at 10 airports and found a large number of…
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Reform bills would benefit Indian Health Service
Mark Trahant, writing for InvestigateWest, points out that, because it’s in both the House and Senate versions of the bill…
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List of lists: Top health stories of 2009
The end of the year brings us list after list of the best or top health and medical stories. Some…
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Medical tourism expected to continue growth
The San Francisco Chronicle‘s Carolyn Lochhead writes that the draw of medical tourism lies with both transparency and affordability and…
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Journal editor linked to spinal implant royalties
John Fauber of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel continues his coverage of conflicts of interest in medical research and journals with…
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