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Health: Recent evidence from London has shown how simple checklists of appropriate health care practices can dramatically reduce deaths in the hospital. (Som

Health: When Apple unveiled the iPad in January, the tablet device was touted as revolutionizing the way in which we experience the web, email, photos, video

Health: Last weeks edition of the medical journal The Lancet discusses new quality improvement enforcement efforts that were launched on April 1st. After the

Health: As I was walking through my neighborhood yesterday, I noticed a copy of Parade magazine, opened to a page with a blaring headline that read "The Rise

Health: It's long been noted that for many military veterans, problems often don't end just because a soldier has returned from combat. Coming home can be a

Health: It appears that what doesnt work in US health care also doesnt work in China, at least when it comes to paying providers. Chinas health care system h

Health: Though the health care reform bill has taken up a lot of ink (and pixels) in the past few weeks, a close runner-up for the most talked-about health i

Health: Last week a reliable source confirmed that the rumors were true: Don Berwick will be named the next director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid

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Health: An FDA advisory panel this week recommended that children and teens should be kept from using tanning beds, or at least should have parents sign a co

Health: If you asked me which surgical procedure took place most often in U.S. hospitals, I might guess appendix removals or something else relatively common

Health: Obesity gets a lot of coverage in the news, not all of it helpful. But the following stories are too good to pass up.Researchers at Cornell Universit

Health: I'm sure my fellow health writers will all have different takes and perspectives on the landmark health care reform legislation that passed in the Ho

Health: 219-212. Youd think that widely printed margin was a score in some professional sport juiced on roids, rather than the congressional vote propelling

Health: Its probably not news to you that science in general, and health and medicine in particular, are struggling to increase the numbers of women practici

Health: Photo courtesy of MTV Sensitivity and responsibility aren't generally words that come to mind when one thinks of MTV's programming. And make no mista

Health: A study published this month in the Journal of General Internal Medicine suggests that some of the $1 billion that the Obama administration wants to

Health: One in four California residents are currently living without health care insurance, according to a study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Resear

Health: A study in this months Pediatrics examines communication lapses during shift changes that can have serious consequences for the health and safety of

Health: The subject of obesity is one that grabs the headlines often. In the last six months alone, for example, consider some of the obesity-related news th