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House reform bill includes serious disclosure rules
The health care reform bill to be considered by the House of Representatives (1018-page pdf) includes strict disclosure requirements regarding…
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Organization: Teen breast tests wasteful, harmful
Jeff Baillon of KMSP in Minnesota’s Twin Cities reports that the National Breast Cancer Coalition (a nonprofit grassroots advocacy and…
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Popular bypass technique may raise risks
There’s nothing too glamorous about bypass surgery. Your chest gets cracked wide open and the surgeon probably uses veins stripped…
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Hospitals harness social media
Jackie Fox writes in the Omaha World-Herald about local institutions’ use of social media to reach out to consumers and…
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KING’s Duggan among Clarion Award winners
Pat Duggan, of KING-Seattle, has won a 2009 Association for Women in Communications Clarion Award for “Humoody,” an extended feature…
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Medicine 3.0 lists 25 top health policy blogs
The list specialists over at Medicine 3.0, a blog hosted by Nursingassistantguides.com, have provided a quick rundown of 25 top…
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Lancet assesses Gates Foundation achievements
The journal Lancet tackled the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in a recent issue, assessing the heavyweight’s grants and spending.…
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Health Policy scrapes by on $1 trillion
You might think that more than $1 trillion, even when spread over 10 years, would be enough to cure all…
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Hearst team undertakes health investigation
Editor & Publisher’s Joe Strupp reports that journalists with Hearst Corporation are working on a company-wide investigation into an “unidentified…
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Homeless man teaches MD about inequalities
The Chicago Tribune‘s Judith Graham tells the story of a doctor who befriended a homeless man who sold StreetWise magazine…
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