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<p class="MsoNormal">Medical devices undeniably save and improve lives, but they can also malfunction or prove to be defective and pose serious risks for patients. So, as someone in the medical field, how do you stay up-to-date on medical device safety and recalls? The FDA does its best to keep doctors informed about medical device recalls, but communication from the FDA doesn’t always reach doctors soon enough.</p>

<p>Consumers Union takes up my challenge to help put hospital-acquired infections on the map&nbsp;— literally.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Fixing Medicare without paying for it, health reform's insurance rebates, and controversial distribution of a heroin overdose antidote, plus more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

Two decades have passed since the Rodney King riots swept through Los Angeles neighborhoods suffering from unemployment, poverty and neglect. Here's a look at one effort to build a healthier community.

<p>A commutation of sentence for grandmother Shirley Ree Smith has brought the medical debate around shaken baby syndrome back into the news.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal">Health reform votes knock out incumbents, fewer kids with obesity, more on-the-job fatalities, an epidemic of stillbirths in Iraq and more from our Daily Briefing.</p><p><!--EndFragment--></p>

<p>This is the first time Holly Dolan is writing about health for general readers -- and while she does not know where it will lead, the learning experience and new connections in her community keep her going.</p>

<p>From nocturnists to Medicaid babies, a sampling of story ideas from the 2012 AHCJ health journalism conference in Atlanta.</p>

<p>I used to be a language teacher (English &amp; Portuguese) before I became a journalist. And with each story I tell, I see how not-so-far-apart my present and former professions are.</p>

<p>Mad cows, Medicaid cost-cutting, juking the stats on veterans' mental health care and more from our Daily Briefing.</p>