Wednesday, March 6, 2013 - 1:14pm
The most common inherited form of intellectual disability and autism, Fragile X Syndrome still isn't familiar enough to the general public -- or to pediatricians -- says one Southern California doctor. He urges all parents of children with autism to have them tested.
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March 06, 2013
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Tuesday, March 5, 2013 - 12:51pm
“Between the Lines: Finding the Truth in Medical Literature,” by Marya Zilberberg, MD, MPH, and “The Patient Paradox: Why sexed-up medicine is bad for your health,” by Margaret McCartney, MD, are two books to add your reading list.
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March 05, 2013
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Monday, March 4, 2013 - 10:54pm
African Health Dialogues is a weekly health care discussion on AV radio about awareness, progress and gaps, costs and accessibility of medical /pharmaceutical products and services within the African and African Diaspora communities Worldwide.
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March 04, 2013
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Monday, March 4, 2013 - 3:02pm
Depression, bipolar disorder, seasonal allergies, insomnia and gastro reflux disease (GERD) are just some of the "diseases" that tripled and quadrupled in the population thanks to direct-to-consumer drug advertising that began in the 1990s.
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March 04, 2013
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Monday, March 4, 2013 - 11:27am
Medical experts meeting at the NIH over the next three days are going to try to reach a consensus on whether to shift to a different testing method for gestational diabetes. If they decide to make the shift, the prevalence of gestational diabetes in U.S. pregnancies can be expected to double.
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March 04, 2013
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Monday, March 4, 2013 - 11:12am
The top trending health news story so far this week is that of the Mississippi baby pronounced “functionally cured” of HIV infection.
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March 04, 2013
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Monday, March 4, 2013 - 6:00am
Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times’ journalist Tina Rosenberg encouraged 2013 California Endowment Health Journalism Fellows to use their data-sleuthing skills to sniff for problems or hints of dysfunction in the numbers. But instead of looking for failure, she said to look for success.
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March 04, 2013
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Monday, March 4, 2013 - 5:00am
How one Canadian province has successfully implemented prescription drug tracking and reduced the number of inappropriate prescriptions.
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March 04, 2013
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Friday, March 1, 2013 - 6:29pm
Working as a team for NBC4 Southern California my colleague Melissa Pamer and I will take on and humanize a hot topic as part of our 2013 California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowship: childhood obesity.
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March 01, 2013
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Friday, March 1, 2013 - 3:59pm
Capital Public Radio launched its multimedia documentary series with a personal, in-depth look inside the lives of adults with autism today. "The View From Here: Autism Grows Up" follows four adults in the Sacramento region with autism who are aiming for a life of choice and opportunity.
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March 01, 2013
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Friday, March 1, 2013 - 5:00am
The community of Boyle Heights, lying just across the river from downtown Los Angeles, is almost entirely Latino. The neighborhood's history extends back through a century of planning blunders, racist policies and rapid urban development. But improvements are in progress.
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March 01, 2013
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Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 9:00pm
No self-respecting journalist wants to swallow wholesale the exaggerated or downright false claims some nonprofits occasionally make in justifying their raison d'être. And in today’s newsrooms, most reporters don’t have the time to fully evaluate such claims.
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February 28, 2013
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Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 5:00am
A new report looks at using health information technology for outreach and enrollment efforts, but in a manner that takes into account the digital divide.
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February 28, 2013
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Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 12:00am
Looking for a way to share your stories from the past year? Apply for these health journalism fellowship and award experiences.
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February 28, 2013
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013 - 1:00pm
These are nerve-wracking times for directors of California’s public hospitals and clinics. With the Affordable Care Act’s expansion of Medicaid set to go into effect in early 2014, safety-net facilities could potentially find themselves losing a considerable share of their patients and revenue.
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February 27, 2013
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