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Calif. nonprofit’s conflicts of interest ‘inherent’
Los Angeles Times reporter Alan Zarembo found unusually high executive pay and a tangle of additional compensation (ranging from rent…
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WHO declares H1N1 influenza pandemic
Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization announced today that the influenza pandemic alert has been raised from from…
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Obama adds AMA to health-care tour
Next week President Obama will become the first commander in chief to speak directly to the doctors of the American…
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CJR: Unmask AMA’s push to steer reform, please
In the Columbia Journalism Review, Trudy Lieberman, president of AHCJ’s board of directors, notes that the mighty American Medical Association…
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Why health costs in McAllen, Texas, resonate
Let’s just say right from the start that Atul Gawande’s recent story in The New Yorker about runaway health costs…
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FDA dropped ball on sketchy syringes
According to a report by Christina Jewett of ProPublica and Deborah L. Shelton of the Chicago Tribune, the U.S. Food…
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Oprah absolves herself of responsibility for dubious advice
Blogging on open.salon.com, Dr. Rahul Parikh recounts Oprah Winfrey’s recent defense of her medical advice (delivered to Entertainment Tonight) and…
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Report compares reform estimates, finds huge savings
A report from the Health Policy-focused Commonwealth Fund compares costs over the next decade for numerous reform options, using estimates…
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CBS-BusinessWeek tag team takes on angioplasty
Questions continue to mount about when it’s appropriate to use catheters and stents to clear blockages of heart arteries. More…
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Dr. Haig: Patients often demand excessive tests
Doctors are in such a position legally, economically and socially that it is difficult to fight patients’ demands for excessive,…
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