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Health Journalism 2012: Conference news

Stories published about the conference

• The World’s Last Worm: A Dreaded Disease Nears Eradication, Scientific American

• Health Sense: Health care system needs scrutiny, Wisconsin State Journal

• Medical homes provide variety of care, The Augusta Chronicle

• Running Myths Debunked: Lessons from Olympic Runner Jeff Galloway, The Daily Muse

• Inmates drive up Kern's dire STD rates, The Bakersfield Californian

• Dr. Otis Brawley Says Health Care Talk in U.S. Lacks 'Human Element,' Forbes.com

• Medical expert takes jabs at health care system, Pittsburgh Tribune Review

• U.S. health care is a 'subtle form of corruption' says leading cancer doctor, MinnPost.com

• Cancer Doc Brawley Says The U.S. Health Care System Is Sick, NPR Shots blog

• Health Blog Q&A: Otis Brawley on ‘How We Do Harm,’ The Wall Street Journal

• Another Way to Do Harm, Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare

• Girls born in 2009 will have shorter lives than their mothers in hundreds of U.S. counties, MedicalExpress.com

• Polk Residents' Life Expectancy Gains Small, The (Lakeland, Fla.) Ledger

• Report shows link between money, education and life expectancy, Knoxville New Sentinel

• Health journalists talk about using social media, Storyfied by Maryn McKenna

• “Fat and happy” illusion as hard to shed as pounds, The Grady Journal

• Your Mother May Outlive You, The Grady Journal

• Health care journalists' meeting: A winner, Knight Science Journalism Tracker

• Hospice Fraud Reports Reach Critical Mass, Larry Beresford

• Shared Decision Making A Hot Topic at Health Journalism 2012 Conference, Informed Medical Decisions Foundation

• Association of Health Care Journalists Discuss One Health, World Veterinary Association

• Reporter returns from health care conference in Atlanta full of ideas, NetNewsNebraska

• Story Ideas from the AHCJ 2012 Health Journalism Conference, ReportingonHealth.org

• Talk to Us! Health Journalism from a Patient's Perspective, ReportingonHealth.org

• Holding steady: Life expectancy in Yellowstone County just inching forward, Billings (Mont.) Gazette

• Patient safety is addressed at LewisGale, The Roanoke (Va.) News

• Getting Guinea Worm Gone: Report from the AHCJ Conference, Scientific American podcast

• Carters urge Obama to act on mental health law, Georgia Health News

• Former president, first lady kick off conference with discussion of global health, mental health | Photos