Insights

<p>First, it was the opening of <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/baycitynews/a/2010/07/17/K… Kroger in East Oakland</a>. Now it's the announcement that <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/19/BU851EVR2J… Fresh and Easy is heading to the Bayview</a>. What exactly, you may be asking yourself, makes these stories major headline news?</p> <p>And why is a doctor spending time writing about grocery stores too?</p>

<p>You know you want take the long journey of writing a book, but how do you take the first step? Here are some top tips for getting published from three health writers who have been there.</p>

<p><em>The American Prospect</em>’s co-editor Paul Starr spoke with Antidote last week about the magazine’s <a href="http://www.prospect.org/cs/special_report">special report on health reform</a>.

<p>Here’s what we’re reading today:</p>

<p>Here’s what we’re reading and watching today:</p> <p><strong>Telemedicine:</strong> Lots of press coverage of the launch of California’s Telehealth Network, in which 50 clinics and hospitals will join a broadband network to provide medical care to people in remote areas. Organizers eventually hope to link up to 900 health care providers by the end of next year. Check out the <a href="http://www.sacbee.com/2010/08/18/2965958/health-care-takes-digital-leap… Bee’s coverage</a>.</p>

<p>When most men beat their spouse or girlfriend, they have to contend with the consequences. What will their wife say at work about that black eye? What will their girlfriend tell the ER doc when asked how she broke her arm?</p> <p>Dr. Alex Argotte, a bariatric surgery specialist in Paducah, Kentucky, was accused not only of beating his girlfriend – repeatedly – but also of sneaking her into a hospital to give her an X-ray and check the damage done.</p>

<p>Scores of flood affected Pakistanis stand in need of essential medical care that requires huge supplies of medicines, equipments and other specific materials to attend their health needs as acknowledging the gravity of the situation in flood hit areas of Pakistan, UN has warned today that Waterborne diseases continue to pose great risk to millions of people affected by the devastating floods in Pakistan.</p>

<p>Here’s what we’re reading (and watching) today:</p>

<p>Good morning! We're off the beaten path in today's <em>Daily Briefing</em>:</p>

<p>When you find a doctor who you suspect of insurance fraud, tax violations or some other financial misdeed, it’s a good idea to check his neighbors, business partners and family members.</p>