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Health Journalism 2015: Stories from the conference

Covering Health

• New data reveals trend in binge drinking #ahcj15

• #ahcj15 will kick off with field trips, workshops, chance to catch up with colleagues

• Transportation options for Health Journalism 2015 attendees #ahcj15

• More interactivity, tips for veterans and newcomers in #AHCJ15 medical research workshop

• In heart of Silicon Valley, a chance to spot health gaps #ahcj15

• New data reveal trend in binge drinking #ahcj15

• VA secretary addresses some of department’s challenges #ahcj15

• Reporters offer state, local story ideas for covering ACA #ahcj15

• Verghese offers commentary on healing, even when he can’t cure #ahcj15

• Why is it so hard to discuss end-of life-care? #ahcj15

• Covering the wild west of microbiome research #ahcj15

• ZIP code vs. genetic code: How to cover health inequality #ahcj15

• Doctor says media coverage of Ebola ‘fanned the hysteria’ #ahcj15

• Conference panel generates ACA resources, story ideas #ahcj15

• Despite progress fighting HIV, most vulnerable still at risk #ahcj15

• Journalists get guidance on navigating HIPAA rules #ahcj15

• Family caregivers face increasing stress, health issues #ahcj15

• Reporters get the inside story on reader-supported journalism #ahcj15

• Panelists urge journalists to report on how vaccines save lives #ahcj15

• E-cigarette panel lit up a debate at #AHCJ15

• From #ahcj15 back to the beat: Covering disparities in health

Other news organizations

• Drinking in Southwest Florida on the rise

• Abraham Verghese: Dying patients benefit from doctors’ honest communication, compassion

• VA preps for sharp rise of military members in health system

• VA secretary: Special advisory board will help fix system's problems 

• VA Secretary McDonald: Aging vets straining the system 

• Blog: VA secretary McDonald warns of next crisis in veterans healthcare

• Obamacare tax penalties may be too low to matter

• Binge drinking in Wisconsin exceeds US average, incidence of alcohol intake related to location

• Obamacare penalty may not be high enough for middle incomes

• Binge drinking more prevalent in Twin Ports than elsewhere in Minnesota, Wisconsin

• VA chief: Aging Vietnam vets straining system

• Drink after drink after drink

• VA wastes millions, but still wants more as vets wait for care

• Champagne on our deathbeds

• Would doctors be better if they didn't have to memorize?

• Morning break: Incentive pay opt-outs, Oz no quack, deathbed champagne

• 3 health stories to anticipate in near future

• E-cigarette bill hearing today

• Device prolongs life of heart patient

• Ebola: It’s not over

• Unearthing hidden treasures in meaningful use, despite EHRs' troubles

• Can technology help treat depression?

• Are all sugars created equal?

• Wisdom from the best of Western medicine

• Share glass of bubbly champagne to restore caring, dignity, humanity to dying

• VA chief predicts 'another crisis' in health care without full funding

• Stanford stem cell experts highlight “inherent flaw” in drug development system

• Stanford Medicine’s Lloyd Minor on re-conceiving medical education

• Physician-author Abraham Verghese encourages journalists to tell the powerful stories of medicine

• Binge drinking numbers up, AHCJ conference coverage, health inequality angles

• Verghese emphasizes the power of story in patient care

• Dieting: There's no one size fits all

• VA boss passes the buck

• 23andMe and gene testing: What's next

• Talking about “mouseheimers,” and a call for new neuroscience technologies

• Needles, screams and vials — those vaccination photos

• Share glass of bubbly champagne to restore caring, dignity, humanity to dying

• Will the Trans-Pacific Partnership increase the cost of your medications?

• Where's the media's ebola mea culpa? (HuffPost Media Blog)

• Where's the media's ebola mea culpa? (Media Matters for America)

• If you can't bike to work, should you bike at work?

• What I learned at this year's meeting of the Association of Health Care Journalists

• Healthy Living Special: Vietnam Impacts, What Alcohol Is Doing to Your Body and a New HPV Vaccine

• Ethics of advances in genetics: Part 1

• Ethics of advances in genetics: Part 2

• Healthy Living Special: Risks with Medical Devices, New Sinus Treatment and Lowering Medicaid Costs

• AHCJ Stem Cells Session – Part 1

• Drought conditions make bad air worse, aggravate health problems

• Putting Ebola, Measles into Perspective

• What’s in all that e-cig vapor?

• Problems in ER when Bumbolo was there