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FDA weighs tougher warnings for acetaminophen
When it comes to acute liver damage, acetaminophen, the painkilling ingredient in Tylenol, is a bigger hazard than alcohol. Photo…
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AMA wants lower med school costs, student debt
In the American Medical Association’s American Medical News, Amy Lynn Sorrel reports on resolutions from the AMA’s annual meeting calling…
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Reporter honored for story on mental health system
Carol Smith, formerly of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, won a 2009 Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism. The contest, presented by the…
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More pills mean more risk
Sometimes it takes a celebrity to draw attention to something we should have noticed long ago. Though the exact cause…
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AHCJ speaker writes about physiology of eating
The New York Times‘s Tara Parker-Pope reviewed former FDA chief Dr. David Kessler’s new book, The End of Overeating: Taking…
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NY stem cell researchers can pay egg donors
The ethical thicket that is stem cell research just got a little more complex. New York became the first state…
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Plain Dealer adds ‘price compare’ feature
Cleveland Plain Dealer reporter Sarah Jane Tribble recently announced a new feature for the paper’s health and fitness blog. Every…
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STATS: Media ignored science in BPA coverage
In a review of American media coverage of the controversy of bisphenol A, researchers at STATS (a nonprofit, nonpartisan Statistical…
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Sunshine Week may drop employee, fundraising
Clint Hendler reports in the Columbia Journalism Review that Sunshine Week’s only full-time coordinator will likely lose her job soon.…
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Paper’s investigation reveals contaminated drinking water
In July 2007, the Fayetteville, N.C., City Council learned about a neighborhood's 20-year fight over gasoline contamination in private drinking…
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