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A Big Gulp Ban on Oversized Sodas

Innovative health reforms in Oregon, new recommendations on hormones for women, an intensive treatement for hypertension, the spread of Chagas disease and more from our Daily Briefing.

Daily Briefing: Doctors Exasperated by Unending Demand for Narcotics

Drug abuse, genetic disease clusters, mammography, comparison hospital shopping and more from our Daily Briefing.

Reporting on unnecessary cancer screenings

I just posted the story that I wrote for The Center for Public Integrity, which focuses on how much money Medicare spends on unnecessary cancer screenings. It was a fascinating reporting journey and one that you may be able to partially replicate, as the debate heats up about the necessity of prostate cancer screening tests.

Forty percent of Medicare spending on common cancer screenings unnecessary, probe suggests

An iWatch News investigation documents $1.9 billion in wasted federal health care expenditures.

Task Force Criticized as Mammogram Controversy Returns

Did a federal task force ignore evidence that more frequent mammograms save lives? Answers and more in our Daily Briefing.

Live chat now on mammogram guidelines

Join Dr. Robert Smith with the American Cancer Society and Dr. Chris Flowers with UCSF to discuss the science behind the new U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines. Log on at www.contracostatimes.com.

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What makes your community healthy or unhealthy? Use our step-by-step data reporting guide to uncover untold stories!

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