March 25, 2013
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The profit party is over for Big Pharma except for one category--drugs for autoimmune diseases. Conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and plaque psoriasis... more »
March 25, 2013
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AHCJ launched its new searchable database of hospital inspections this month. It’s hard to overstate the achievement of merely persuading a government agency as large as CMS to relinquish any amount... more »
March 22, 2013
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Whether the subject is a money-squandering government agency or a looming public health threat or a failing school system, reporters want to be able to say something changed as a result of their... more »
March 21, 2013
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As 18- to 25-year-olds try to find their footing, they face the least access to health care, have the highest uninsured rate, and struggle with greater behavioral and non-behavioral health risks than... more »
March 21, 2013
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Career opportunities available in broadcasting, print and new media for health writers.
March 20, 2013
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When some youth journalists report on environmental health issues impacting their own communities, are they able to maintain neutrality or do they advocate for change?
March 17, 2013
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Bob Pack had some interesting ideas for how to improve California’s prescription drug tracking system (CURES). Most of them remain just that: interesting ideas.
March 16, 2013
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Like adults, children are suffering from "middle-age spread" -- too many calories and not enough exercise. And like adults, they are taking pills to accommodate the conditions instead of making... more »
March 15, 2013
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Most journalists aren't venturing into Latino communities to get the story of Herbalife's aggressive sales techniques. They're missing a great tale, but a Latino high school student didn't.
March 14, 2013
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In some countries in Africa, the use of social media is helping putting women in charge and reducing violence against women.
March 14, 2013
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A grieving father set out to create a system that might prevent other lives from being lost at the hands of a drug-dazed driver. Ten years later, he's still waiting for the system he created to be... more »
March 14, 2013
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A veteran public radio reporter always thought of himself as a TV hater -- until he was asked to do some TV stories.
March 14, 2013
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Looking for a health editor position? Opportunities across the country are opening up.
March 13, 2013
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Was that glass of milk you drank this morning safe? Government reports show that high levels of antibiotics and other drugs are common in dairy animals and their products. Worse, milk producers... more »
March 11, 2013
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What does it take for a doctor to lose his license to practice permanently? A patient dead from "therapeutic misadventure?" A formal finding of unprofessional conduct? Advanced age? Maybe not.
