By Matthew Holt Such a pity that the NY Times has been so beaten up by the commies amongst us that it actually now feels that it has to point...

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By Charlie Baker Charlie Baker is the president and CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. This post first appeared on his blog, Lets Talk Health...

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By Sarah Arnquist Headlines declare wine is good for your health. So is a small bit of dark chocolate. Then, they say it's not. One day coffee...

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By Sarah Arnquist Starting with the first article they write, journalists learn to seek balance, objectivity and facts in their reporting. Balance...

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Blogging will be intermittent for the next 10 days as I'm on vacation.Update:BTW - thanks for all the feedback on the new blog template. Some a...

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Or rather, the lack of:Women now account for more than 50% of American medical students, but only 10% of neurosurgery residents . . .. . . Wom...

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An op-ed in the Boston Globe suggests not paying for rehospitalizations for Medicare patients within 30 days:Medicare spends vast sums on hospital care fo...

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It's been said that media coverage of the Terri Schiavo case was disastrous. Now we know how bad:Looking at The New York Times, The Washington Post, the St.-Petersburg Times and The Tampa...

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Laconica is going to be something really big - really soon.  Keep an eye on this.  It's an important part of what will become a key...

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