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Aging in the 21st Century: Presentations and Tip sheets
These presentations and tip sheets were prepared for the Aging in the 21st Century workshop in October 2009. Topics include:…
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Problems Faced by Ethnic Minority Elders
In this tip sheet, prepared for the"Aging in the 21st Century" workshop, Conchy Bretos, of MIA Consulting, offers a case…
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AHCJ lodges protest over handling of embargo
The Association of Health Care Journalists has followed up on concerns about how an embargo was handled earlier this month…
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Feds take Columbia to task over decade-old study
The run of intriguing health journalism from the Huffington Post Investigative Fund continues this week, as Jeanne Lenzer and Shannon…
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AHCJ objects to federal agencies’ handling of story embargo
The Association of Health Care Journalists sent letters this week to several federal agencies and a medical journal objecting to…
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Trib looks into dangerous nursing home residents
The Chicago Tribune‘s Gary Marx and David Jackson examined the effectiveness of Illinois regulations implemented in 2006 to protect nursing…
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Open access to research recognized this week
It’s Open Access week! Time to honor the principle that scientific research should be made available for free online immediately…
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Doctor calls for principles in health reporting
Nortin Hadler, M.D., in an opinion piece for ABC News, writes about his worries for health journalism. Hadler, who is…
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Workshop explored issues of aging America
More than 70 people attended AHCJ’s Aging in the 21st Century workshop last weekend, where former HHS secretary Donna Shalala…
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Feds issue guidance on medical marijuana
New federal guidelines specify that prosecutors should not target suppliers or users of medical marijuana if they are compliant with…
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