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• High-dose supplements and cancer risk: Consumer Reports Health Blog

  
  Supplement Review — Authority: 142
  A common line of argument among supporters of alternative medicine is that “natural” products, such as herbal remedies or vitamin supplements , are superior to the drugs peddled by a profit-obsessed pharmaceutical industry. Go here to read the rest: High-dose supplements and cancer risk: Consumer Reports Health ...
  1 week ago

• UNC Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship

  
  The Carolina Curator — Authority: 117
  The Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship and the Introduction to Entrepreneurship course are both designed for UNC graduate students, doctoral candidates, post-docs, faculty and staff to complement their studies in traditional disciplines with an exploration of how entrepreneurship is changing their fields and ...
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• How the poll on health care was conducted (AP)

  
  PC Mike - Tech News and Reviews — Authority: 461
  AP – The Associated Press poll on health care, by Stanford University with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media from Oct. Originally posted here: (AP)"> (AP)">How the poll on health care was conducted (AP)
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• Squeezing the Providers, Part II

  
  John Goodman's Health Policy Blog — Authority: 438
  International statistics show that the United States spends twice as much on health care per capita as the average OECD country. But are these numbers accurate? Health care is a sector where normal market forces have been so suppressed that no one ever faces a real price for anything. So, adding over all the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Hospital board members and quality care

  
  Action For Better Healthcare — Authority: 120
  If you read our blog last week you likely read our post concerning a recent survey published in Health Affairs. The post discussed the survey and how hospital board members rank quality care in terms of importance. Another healthcare blog is weighing in on the survey as well. We thought you may want to check it [...]
  2 weeks ago

• Methodology for AP poll on health care and taxes (AP)

  
  PC Mike - Tech News and Reviews — Authority: 461
  AP – The Associated Press poll on health care, by Stanford University with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media from Oct. 29 to Nov. View original post here: (AP)"> (AP)">Methodology for AP poll on health care and taxes (AP)
  2 weeks ago

• Methodology for AP poll on health care (AP)

  
  PC Mike - Tech News and Reviews — Authority: 461
  AP – The Associated Press poll on health care, by Stanford University with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media from Oct. 29-Nov. 8 Here is the original post: (AP)"> (AP)">Methodology for AP poll on health care (AP)
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• Fat Foolishness

  
  Medical News To Use — Authority: 119
  Posted 10/09/2009 06:14 PM ET Obesity: A new study in Los Angeles refutes the theory that fast-food chains make the poor overweight. So ...
  2 weeks ago

• Bill Halter Talks Free Health Clinic

  
  Blake's Think Tank — Authority: 138
  Arkansas Lt. Gov. Bill Halter held a press conference to discuss the details of a free health clinic in Little Rock on Saturday, November 21st. The clinic is sponsored by the National Association of Free Clinics.
  3 weeks ago

• US Lags in Health IT for Primary Care

  
  Healthcare Technology News — Authority: 532
  46% of U.S. primary care physicians report using electronic medical records (EMRs) significantly trailing other leading countries. EMRs are "nearly universal" in the Netherlands (99%), New Zealand (97%), the U.K. (96%), Australia (95%), Italy (94%), Norway (97%), and Sweden (94%). The Commonwealth Fund report on A ...
  3 weeks ago

• Americans Get More Mammograms, Colonoscopies, etc. than Europeans

  
  John Goodman's Health Policy Blog — Authority: 438
  We don’t get a little bit more. We get a whole lot more. But first things first. If you are like me you probably have noticed a claim being repeated over and over again, like a steady drumbeat: that Americans spend more, but get less care. The latest, from the Commonwealth Fund (CWF), is published in Health ...
  3 weeks ago

• Global challenges and opportunities in fighting HIV/AIDS and neglected diseases

  
  West Africa Doctors Network West Africa Doctors Network — Authority: 125
  Health Affairs thematic issue on global health examines looming financial pressures in the world’s response to HIV and AIDS; offers solutions for combating neglected tropical diseases and saving millions of livesBethesda, MD — Responding to the HIV/AIDS pandemic and tackling so-called neglected tropical diseases ...
  3 weeks ago

• Participation of Academic Scientist in Relationships With Industry Shows Value in Relationship

  
  Policy and Medicine — Authority: 420
    A recent study published in the journal Health Affairs , titled “ Participation of Academic Scientists in Relationships With Industry ,” reported on assessment of industry relationships among academic scientists for four groups: departments of medicine, other clinical departments (nonmedicine), nonclinical ...
  4 weeks ago

• Study Reiterates That U.S. Health Quality Trails Spending Compared With Other Countries

  
  Working for Our Common Good — Authority: 116
  From Kaiser Health News "Despite spending more than twice as much as other developed countries, the United States still lags behind in terms of access and quality, an international survey said Wednesday," Agence France-Presse reports. The Health Affairs study, which was based on survey responses from thousands of ...
  4 weeks ago

• Health Affairs Issue Focuses On HIV/AIDS, NTDs

  
  Information on HPV — Authority: 145
  By 2031 developing countries could need an estimated $35 billion to fight HIV/AIDS – three times the amount currently spent, according to a Health Affairs study published Tuesday, the New York Times reports. Source: Health Affairs Issue Focuses On HIV/AIDS, NTDs
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• International survey of physicians in 11 countries reveals US la...

  
  Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com — Authority: 167
  (Commonwealth Fund) Fifty-eight percent of primary care doctors in the US report their patients often have difficulty paying for medications and care, and half of US doctors spend substantial time dealing with restrictions insurance companies place on their patients care, according to findings from the 2009 ...
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• Most Academic Researchers Have Industry Ties

  
  Pharmalot — Authority: 587
  The ongoing controversy over conflicts of interest among academic researchers with ties to drug or device makers prompted a little more research. And the results? A mailed survey of 3,080 academic life science researchers at 50 universities in 2007 found that 52.8 percent have some form of relationship with industry ...
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• Tap wealth of local products emerging to fight ‘neglected’ diseases of poor: study

  
  West Africa Doctors Network West Africa Doctors Network — Authority: 125
  Experts propose ‘Global Health Accellerator’ to help new drugs, diagnostics, vaccines reach distant marketsResearch firms in developing countries have a medicine cabinet full of affordable and innovative drugs, diagnostics and vaccines on shelves or in development to address “neglected tropical diseases” but ...
  4 weeks ago

• How the Media Has Failed America on Healthcare Reform–Part I

  
  Big Government — Authority: 816
  Most casual followers of politics did not pick up on the debate over healthcare reform until some time this past summer. They mostly ignored the umpteen news conferences held by the President since the spring, but they couldn’t miss the broader media coverage of town hall outrage. But for a small number of media ...
  5 weeks ago

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