October 05, 2009
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Dr. Patrick Dean has pulled off a magic trick to make Houdini proud.
The founder and... more
October 04, 2009
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Over $1 billion in services are poured into the 13 poorest neighborhoods of Alameda County each year. It is what Anthony Iton calls "... more
October 02, 2009
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Thomas Sullivan founded Rockpointe Corporation, a medical education company in 1995. Since then, the company has had success creating continuing medical... more
September 30, 2009
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When medical board investigators questioned Dr. Robbi Borjeson about what she had done to treat a patient suffering from a severe case of diabetes, she responded: "I prayed over him."
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September 29, 2009
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The National Health Journalism seminar begins on Sunday, when 15 National Health Journalism fellowship recipients (and five... more
September 29, 2009
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This week, I'm going to focus on the best bloggers, tweeters and online aggregators to help you stay abreast of developments in this year's biggest health stories: H1N1/swine flu and health reform... more
September 28, 2009
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I write about health issues for the St. Louis Beacon. My challenge is to convince diverse groups to engage in constructive dialogue about tackling health care access, disparities and costs.I'm... more
September 28, 2009
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In 2002, when I was covering medicine for The Orange County Register, we produced a series of stories called "Doctors... more
September 27, 2009
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My National Health Journalism Fellowship project involves exploring whether an approach taken by Grand Junction, western Colorado's largest city, could work elsewhere and possibly be a model for... more
September 26, 2009
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I'm looking forward to going to Los Angeles Oct. 4!
Working with my colleague, Mariana Alvarado, I'll be reporting on a project about the link between obesity and poverty in children. The... more
September 26, 2009
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Through three separate stories I will delve into some of Wisconsin's most poignant health disparities, including infant mortality rates that are worse than those in some third-world countries, one... more
September 26, 2009
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The yearning for a male child in some Asian cultures -- Indian, Korean and Chinese in particular – runs deep. A male child is perceived as someone who will be a breadwinner when he grows up and... more
September 26, 2009
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Recently, at a meeting of social workers serving African immigrants, I brought up the issue of mental health. “We don’t have a problem with mental illness in the African community,” a caseworker... more
September 25, 2009
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A little known Oregon law requires hospitals to provide written notification of serious adverse events to all victims (or families of victims). The law is largely ignored; last year 40 such... more
September 25, 2009
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Clair Jordan, the executive director of the Texas Nurses Association for the past 30 years, has seen nurses in a lot of difficult situations.
