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The perils of access: ABC defends coverage
Richard Huff of the New York Daily News reports that Republican Party officials (and Matt Drudge) have likened ABC’s planned…
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An ounce of prevention will cost you
Prevention is no panacea. If the country expects to keep people well by catching and treating disease early, better health…
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Wrestling with the FDA recall e-mail avalanche
NPR’s April Fulton recently blogged about a phenomenon familiar to anyone with a subscription to the FDA’s recall e-mail list,…
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Schneider moves coverage to ColdTruth.com
Former Seattle Post-Intelligencer investigative reporter Andrew Schneider has moved from andrewschneiderinvestigates.com to the easier-to-type www.coldtruth.com . Schneider appears to have…
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Consumer group challenges selenium claim
It’s put up or shut up time for Bayer Healthcare. The Center for Science in the Public Interest is threatening…
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GAO review finds fault in FDA’s device oversight
The Government Accountability Office looked into how the FDA oversees medical devices and found that it does not review all…
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Advocacy group releases mental health media guide
The second edition of a media guide for reporting on suicide and mental illness, prepared by Wisconsin United for Mental…
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First Amendment defense fails InterMune exec
If any company thinks a press release is protected speech under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and, therefore, can’t be used…
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Tough talk and rough road for Health Policy
Speechmaking has given way to lawmaking. Now that the complex task of making Health Policy real is under way, it’s…
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Shriners may shutter six hospitals
John Barry of the St. Petersburg Times reports that declining membership and a weak economy are conspiring to force cutbacks…
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