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

By Joe Eaton

New report shows little difference despite increased costs for digital

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Forty percent of Medicare spending on common cancer screenings unnecessary, probe suggests

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Unproven for older women, digital mammography saps Medicare dollars

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Research methodology

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U.S. asbestos imports condemned by health experts, activists

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Health information technology: Keep it simple

By Kimberly Leonard

Reports say systems must be understandable to avoid dangerous medical errors

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Government pushes to create a new health internet

By Fred Schulte

Health information technology: Incentives may not always serve intended purpose

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IMPACT: Administration official asks for Medicare billing review

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Growth of electronic medical records eases path to inflated bills

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Thousands of sugar cane workers die as wealthy nations stall on solutions

By Sasha Chavkin and Ronnie Greene

Mysterious kidney disease has killed thousands of men in an isolated region of Central America, but why?

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As kidney disease kills thousands across continents, scientists scramble for answers

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Methodology

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In India, verdant terrain conceals clues to a fatal kidney disease

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Costa Rica to study kidney disease afflicting sugarcane workers

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Methodology

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A note of the data and analysis for 'Island of the Widows'

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As kidney disease kills thousands across continents, scientists scramble for answers

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In India, verdant terrain conceals clues to a fatal kidney disease

By Sasha Chavkin

Thousands of sugar cane workers die as wealthy nations stall on solutions

By Sasha Chavkin and Ronnie Greene

The weekly watchdog: Dec. 12 - Dec. 16

By Bill Buzenberg

ANALYSIS: The battle for Vermont's health

By Wendell Potter

Reformers and health insurers square off in Vermont

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Analysis — A Canadian-style single-payer health system in Vermont?

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45 million Americans without health insurance

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A single-payer plan for Vermont

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ANALYSIS: How our health care system cripples small business

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Donor profile: Cooperative of American Physicians

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Quick stats on the biggest financial backers of Election 2012.

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Family Research Council defends traditional marriage by bankrolling Republicans

By Michael Beckel

Gay rights lobby courts lawmakers with cash

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Shaun McCutcheon hopes donation in S. Carolina election will be first of many nationwide

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Health insurance PACs have love-hate relationship with health care reform

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Diesel engine exhaust earns 'carcinogenic' label

By Jim Morris

An international health body declared Tuesday that diesel engine exhaust is 'carcinogenic to humans.'

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EPA ignores advisers on particulate matter standards

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Limits on mercury and soot could save billions, improve public health, studies say

By Corbin Hiar

Shelved ozone standard would have had modest impact on business, politics

By Corbin Hiar

Drought now grips more than half of the nation

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Corporate dental chains see big profits in adults who can't afford care

By David Heath and Jill Rosenbaum

How corporate dentistry mines profits from patients short on cash.

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The business behind dental treatment for America’s poorest kids

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Texas tries to crack down on dental chains that put profits ahead of patients

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Aspen Dental faces class action suit

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OPINION: Physicians' group will barnstorm conventions with truth-telling on ObamaCare

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The business behind dental treatment for America’s poorest kids

By David Heath and Jill Rosenbaum

Joint investigation with PBS FRONTLINE finds pressure to meet production goals may have compromised treatment of poor young patients.

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Texas tries to crack down on dental chains that put profits ahead of patients

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Aspen Dental faces class action suit

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Proposed bill aims to expand health IT funds to mental health providers

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Dust reforms stymied by years of inaction

By Ken Ward Jr.

For more than a quarter-century, government efforts to end black lung have hit brick walls

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Black lung surges back in coal country

By Chris Hamby

IMPACT: Labor Dept. assembling expert team on mine dust enforcement after CPI-NPR investigation

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GOP budget move stalls black lung plan

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GAO report supports science behind black lung rule

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