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Civilian contractors must fight for care from insurers

"Civilian workers who suffered devastating injuries while supporting the U.S. war effort in Iraq and Afghanistan have come home to a grinding battle for basic medical care, artificial limbs, psychological […]
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Recession impacts diabetics’ health

An Associated Press investigation found that many diabetics are reducing or forgoing doctor visits, medications and testing due to financial pressures. Business writer Linda A. Johnson reports that, “People with […]
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Psych hospital mixes up patient meds

Medication errors raise questions about patient safety at a New Jersey psychiatric hospital, according to an Asbury Park Press report by Jean Mikle.  A review of hundreds of pages of […]
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Florida 'Pill Mills' thrive

A two-part series in The Miami Herald explains how Florida storefront clinics exploit the market for narcotic painkillers.  Scott Hiassen reports, "Experts blame these clinics for a startling rise in […]
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Lead poisoning remains a risk for Chicago children

Matthew Hendrickson wrote a three-part series showing how Chicago children continue to be harmed by lead poisoning at alarming rates because of bureaucratic missteps — from kids being screened late […]
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Juvenile center supervisor used staff doctor to get painkillers

A 10-month investigation by producer Lauren Sweeney and reporter Melissa Yeager at WINK-Fort Meyers helped change policy at Florida's Department of Juvenile Justice.  A worker at a juvenile justice center for […]
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Contaminated properties ignored for more than a decade

Sharon Coolidge of the Cincinnati Enquirer reports that a "review of city health records found that 55 of the 268 properties identified as having lead hazards have been on the […]
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Salon.com launches series examining Army suicides

Mark Benjamin and Michael de Yoanna of Salon.com have launched "Coming Home," a weeklong series that "focuses on preventable deaths at Fort Carson, a U.S. Army post in Colorado, among troops […]
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Documents detail complaints that FDA managers are too lenient with industry

Internal Food and Drug Administration documents indicate that an FDA official overruled agency scientists and approved the sale of an imaging device for breast cancer after receiving a phone call […]
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Maryland hospitals sue over unpaid bills while collecting surplus funds

An eight-month investigation by Fred Schulte and James Drew of The Baltimore Sun found that over the past five years some of Maryland's 46 nonprofit hospitals have received millions of surplus dollars […]
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