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More trials with favorable outcomes get published
An observational study published in PLoS Medicine finds that not all trial results in New Drug Applications for new drugs…
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Last-minute rules would affect health care
ProPublica, which is tracking last-minute rulemaking by the Bush Administration, reports on one rule that would make it more difficult…
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14 meds used off label need further study
Researchers have assembled a list of 14 widely prescribed drugs they believe urgently need additional study to determine safety and effectiveness…
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Dingell jockeys to chair health subcommittee
John Dingell may have been ousted as chairman of the powerful House Energy & Commerce Committee, but he may already…
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Health policy news is just 1 percent of all news
A study from the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism found that news…
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Study: Health journalists face ‘entanglements’
A paper just published in BMJ discusses financial ties between medical journalists and the companies they cover. The authors look…
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Obama picks Daschle to head HHS
Former Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) has accepted the position of Health and Human Services secretary in the coming…
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FDA opens offices in China
Following a series of crises involving food and drug products imported from China, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is…
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Reporter finds efforts to monitor groundwater contamination leave much to be desired
Leah Beth Ward of the Yakima Herald-Republic in Washington decided to investigate after well water at a school was found…
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Culture, history blamed for ‘fattest city’ status
An AP analysis of CDC data has found that Huntington, W.Va., to be the fattest city in the United States:…
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