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Covering Obama’s stance on stem cell research
President Barack Obama is expected today to overturn the Bush-era policy that restricted federal funding of embryonic stem cell research.…
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Harvard med students challenge conflicts of interest
In The New York Times, Duff Wilson reports on the efforts of more than 200 Harvard Medical School students and…
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Doctors rebel against online patient reviews
Associated Press Medical Writer Lindsey Tanner reports that almost 2,000 doctors have signed up for a service providing waivers barring…
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Globe section eliminated; Post staff joins team
Call this the case of the disappearing health section. One of the nation’s biggest and best-known dailies – The Boston Globe…
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Salmonella outbreak may linger for 2 years
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution‘s Craig Schneider reports that, because of the long shelf-life of peanut products and the difficulty and complexity…
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Today’s White House health summit to be webcast
USA Today reports that the White House Forum on Health Policy, scheduled to start at 1 p.m. ET today, will…
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Resurgent bedbugs spread through Chicago
Almost eradicated by DDT in the ’50s, bedbugs – annoying, biting pests not shown to carry disease – seem to…
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‘Playing through’ concussions is damaging
HDNet’s Dan Rather reported on second-impact syndrome (see transcript here), the “concussion on top of a concussion” he said killed…
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NEJM weighs in on Obama’s budget plan
In a rather measured Perspective piece by correspondent John K. Iglehart, the New England Journal of Medicine expresses admiration for…
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‘100 Resources’ list may spark story ideas, sources
The Nursing Online Education Database has compiled a list of “100 Web Resources for Medical Professionals” that includes some interesting…
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