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<p><a href="http://bit.ly/18cLuK">Dr. Cleveland Enmon</a>, the Stockton physician accused of stealing a retired police officer's watch as the officer was dying, may have learned by example.</p> <p>Enmon went through his residency at the most infamous hospital on the West Coast: <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-kingdrewpulitzer-sg,1… Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center</a> in Los Angeles. While there, he worked in the emergency room alongside Dr. Ahmed Rashed.</p>

<p>Before describing a few stories that have not received much play in the media, I'd like to mention a few publications by my Urban Institute colleagues that provide useful state and local information. One report shows, <a href="http://www.urban.org/health_policy/url.cfm?ID=411967">by Congressional district, the proportion of residents with various types of health coverage</a> (uninsured, privately insured, or covered by Medicaid or other public programs).

<p><em>Ambitious stories will tackle critical community health issues such as industrial contamination, the environmental factors that contribute to obesity, and the underlying causes of health disparities in urban environments.</em></p>

<p>Antidote promised in an earlier post to revisit the case of Dr. John Eden, who <a href="http://bit.ly/MF7AL">told Antidote</a> he regretted working with a ghostwriter who had been paid by Wyeth to write an article about hormone replacement therapy (HRT).</p>

<p>Terrifying headlines loomed last week about pregnancy and antidepressants. Did you see them?</p><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090926/hl_hsn/antidepressantslinkedtohear… Linked to Heart Defects in Newborns - Yahoo! Health</a></p><p><a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/165698.php">Taking Antidepressants in Early Pregnancy Linked to Child Heart Defects - Medical News Today</a></p>

<p><a href="http://policymed.typepad.com/about.html">Thomas Sullivan</a> writes the <a href="http://www.policymed.com/">Policy and Medicine</a> blog. He also runs <a href="http://www.rockpointe.com/">Rockpointe Corporation</a>, a medical education company that works with nonprofits and for-profits to create continuing medical education (CME) programs. As company-sponsored CME and ghostwriting by companies has come under fire, Sullivan has become an outspoken advocate for medical education firms.</p>

<p>National Health Journalism Fellows today toured <a href="http://www.blackhistory.com/cgi-bin/blog.cgi?blog_id=63859&amp;cid=53">…; and came away with a more nuanced understanding of the health and socioeconomic issues facing this economically stressed but still hopeful Los Angeles community. At the <a href="http://www.wlcac.org/">Watts Labor Community Action Committee</a> Center in the heart of Watts, Fellows learned about health disparities and HIV/AIDS among blacks from public health officials, policy experts, community leaders and journalists.

<p>Using <a href="http://maps.google.com/">Google Maps</a> to tell stories can be a tricky business at first, but it gets easier with practice and is a great tool for journalists covering everything from fires to public health.</p><p>That was the message from three Los Angeles Times online journalist/techies: database producer Ben Welsh, Flash producer Sean Connelley, and editorial artist Thomas Suh Lauder at a Wednesday panel for the <a href="/fellowships/seminars/national-health-journalism">National Health Journalism Fellowships</a>.</p>

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<p>In 2003, Oakland, California, was one of the most dangerous cities in America. The <em>Oakland Tribune</em> ran a static map with thumbnail photos of victims overlayed on a map of the city. Sean Connelly, journalist and photographer, visited victims' families, but even for him, the real people involved were becoming a blur.</p>