VA strengthens research and treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder

By Laurel Adams

As more veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars seek treatment for post—traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the Department of Veterans Affai

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Panel calls for annual PTSD screening

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Report: Too little mental health care for boomers

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Poor health care for veterans

By The Center for Public Integrity

From pension buyouts to PTSD, how America's veterans are faring on Veterans Day

By Sandy Johnson

FDA oversight on food labels needs improvement

By Laurel Adams

The Government Accountability Office says that consumers struggle to distinguish between different types of claims on food labels and recomm

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GAO: 15 agencies in charge of 30 food-related laws

By Laurel Adams

FDA lags USDA in accessible food safety data

By Jim Morris

Federal agencies falling short in protecting U.S. food supply

By Max Levy and Mattea Kramer

Federal produce-testing program spared — for now

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FDA criticized for accepting free help from company that later won generic OK

By Laurel Adams

The Food and Drug Administration last month issued guidelines for agency staff to follow when drugmakers offer free help during emergencies

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Lack of adequate foreign drug oversight

By The Center for Public Integrity

FDA enforcement actions way down

By The Center for Public Integrity

Problems in oversight of food safety

By The Center for Public Integrity

FDA's flimsy recall power for food imports puts public at risk, watchdog says

By Aaron Mehta and Ben Wieder

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FDA overseas offices struggle to meet growing import demands

By Laurel Adams

During the past year, information gathered by Food and Drug Administration staff in new overseas offices led to import bulletins warning of

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Problems in oversight of food safety

By The Center for Public Integrity

Inspectors struggle to keep up with flood of imports

By Brad Racino

FDA lags USDA in accessible food safety data

By Jim Morris

FDA's flimsy recall power for food imports puts public at risk, watchdog says

By Aaron Mehta and Ben Wieder

Health insurance eats up 9 percent of Pentagon’s total budget

By Laurel Adams

The cost of health insurance for active duty and retired military personnel has increased from $19 billion in 2001 to $49 billion in 2010. T

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Army health building upgrade canceled after questions raised about cost estimates

By Julie Vorman

Health care options for young, healthy and broke

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For 12-Year-Old without an arm, insurance has run out

By Danielle Ivory

ANALYSIS: A new affront group

By Wendell Potter

Health care fraud cases drop despite bigger budget

By Joe Eaton

The official line at the Department of Justice is that investigators are battling Medicare and Medicaid fraud like never before. But the mos

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Medicaid to get tougher on drug makers’ price reporting

By Julie Vorman

Grassley, Wyden introduce bill to make Medicare data public

By Joe Eaton

Medicare fraud out of control

By The Center for Public Integrity

Analysis — Death panels, fact and fiction

By Wendell Potter

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Medicare patients received expired, terminated drugs

By Joe Eaton

Medicare patients in 2006-07 likely received more than $112 million worth of expired prescription drugs or drugs that have been pulled from

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Analysis — Are seniors paying attention to Paul Ryan's plan for Medicare?

By Wendell Potter

Report faults Medicare controls on widely abused drugs

By Joe Eaton

OPINION: Guess who would benefit from privatizing Medicare?

By Wendell Potter

GAO: Almost a tenth of Medicare spending was improper

By Laurel Adams

Patient data safety rules widely disregarded, unenforced

By Joe Eaton

As the federal government prepares to spend up to $27 billion in stimulus funds to promote electronic medical records, a health technology i

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State attorneys general not leaping to embrace HIPAA enforcement

By Kimberly Leonard

Privacy advocates want stricter rules for online, patient-controlled health records

By Kimberly Leonard

Tentative security definition confuses health care providers, privacy groups

By Kimberly Leonard

Health industry winning round on privacy of digital health records

By Emma Schwartz

Brain cancer trial may influence science on toxic chemical

By Jim Morris

A McCullom Lake, Ill., plant, operated by Rohm and Haas, a subsidiary of Dow Chemical Co., is at the root of a potentially groundbreaking la

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Landmark diesel exhaust study stalled amid industry and congressional objections

By Jim Morris

Black lung surges back in coal country

By Chris Hamby

Key findings

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Digital mammography no better than film for most women, despite increased costs

By Joe Eaton

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EPA says new rules coming for chemicals in dyes, detergents

By Jim Morris

The Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it would issue new rules for three chemicals used in dyes, flame retardants, laund

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Ouster of scientist from EPA panel shows industry clout

By Ronnie Greene and David Heath

EPA agrees to reveal secret identities of potentially risky chemicals

By Chris Hamby

'Chemicals of concern' list stuck at OMB

By Chris Hamby and Jim Morris

EPA deprives public of information on toxics

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