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<p>Did a federal task force ignore evidence that more frequent mammograms save lives? Answers and more in our Daily Briefing.</p>
<p>A new poll shows that Americans are feeling more conflicted than ever about health reform. Plus more from our Daily Briefing!</p>
<p><em><img src="/files/u47/Social%20Media%20Photo.jpg" width="311" height="200" style="float: left; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 15px;" />“Social media is like flossing: you don’t have to like it, you just have to do it, every day.” </em></p>
<p>This may be the biggest children’s study you’ve barely heard of: a massive, $2.7 billion examination of 100,000 American children’s health and development. Did I mention it’s supposed to last 25 years?</p>
<p>Just when you thought you had gotten a handle on <a href="http://www.genome.gov/18016863">genomics</a>, here’s an emerging branch of bioscience that should be on your radar screen: <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/site/feature/plus/sfg/resources/res_epigeneti…;
<p>Forty states get an "F" for their tobacco prevention programs, plus more from today's Daily Briefing.</p>
<p>Could a new Cochrane review slow the trend toward prescribing statins for nearly everyone to prevent heart disease? Answers and more in our Daily Briefing.</p>
<p>No good deed goes unpunished: a community backlash follows a Dallas Morning News hospital exposé. Plus more from our Daily Briefing.</p>
<p>A new study of nutrition labeling at one fast food chain finds Americans just don't care, plus more from our Daily Briefing.</p>
<p>As 2011 unfolds, I’d like to share some of my favorite health journalism – much but not all of it policy-related – from 2010. This is definitely not a best-of list, but rather journalism that can inspire and teach us.</p> <p>Here are my first five picks, in no particular order of importance. I’ll share the next five next week.</p> <p>Happy New Year!</p>