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Rounding up some of the latest health coverage
With good topics for the blog flooding in and a short holiday week to get them all posted, I’m taking…
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Can Americans learn that less may be better?
AHCJ member Laura Newman, the About.com guide to urology, writes about whether consumers will embrace the message that “‘less is…
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Overwhelmed sewage systems spread pathogens
Thousands of sewage systems around the country have been overwhelmed and dumped “human waste, chemicals and other hazardous materials into…
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Archive offers drug industry documents online
In correspondence earlier this month, Kim Klausner, of the University of California, San Francisco Library and Center for Knowledge Management,…
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ECRI reviews prostate cancer research
The ECRI Institute’s new review of recent research on the utility of off-label prescription of Finasteride in the prevention of…
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Two doors, two classes of service at clinic
Two doors represent two different tiers of service in one New York City clinic, according to MSNBC.com reporter Bill Dedman.…
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Lopez finds glamour in LA’s marijuana community
Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez has released his latest dispatch from medical marijuana’s front lines. The Medical License page…
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Tulsa World reports on disciplining doctors
More than 300 Oklahoma doctors have been disciplined by the Oklahoma Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision, according to an…
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Prof: Mammogram debate is data vs. anecdotes
When it comes to the recent news that a government task force opposes routine mammograms for women under 50, the…
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Survey reveals how much patient privacy is at risk
Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz of the Huffington Post Investigative Fund report on a survey in which 75 percent of…
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