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Ed Lamb has reported on health care issues since 2001. Focusing especially on prescription drugs, Medicare and pharmacy practice, he has also written about numerous diseases and therapeutic interventions. His articles have appeared in Pharmacy Times and Pharmacy Today, as well as on the eHow Web site.

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DoD, VA commit to expediting, improving care for veterans

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Speaking at an unprecedented military mental health summit on Monday, Oct. 26, U.S. Department of Defense Secretary Robert Gates decried the paperwork...
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Swine flu parties constitute child abuse

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To coin a phrase, I'm late to this party. Mostly because I did not know--and still really can't believe--that the party existed. Since late spring,...
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Swine flu vaccines available to public soon

Virginia's initial allotment of vaccinations against the H1N1 influenza virus has been doubled, and immunizers should have sufficient stocks to begin...
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Do people really die from lack of insurance?

An estimate that 45,000 Americans die each year because they lack health insurance made a splash in newspapers and on television this week. Media...
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MRSA: How much should you worry?

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To answer the question in the title right off the bat: You should worry some, sometimes. This morning's papers carry reports that University of...
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Swine flu vaccine raises concerns for providers, patients

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Even as public health officials around the globe urge everyone who can to get vaccinated against swine flu, new survey findings indicate that even...
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Swine flu vaccine to trickle in come October

Production and packaging problems will limit initial supplies of H1N1 influenza vaccine, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced...
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Hospital-acquired staph infections found common

Nearly 13 percent of patients checking out of French hospitals during 2003 and 2004 had contracted difficult-to-treat staph infections while receiving...
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Medical errors kill hundreds of thousands each year

A collaborative investigation by seven Hearst newspapers revealed that an estimated 200,000 U.S. residents will die after visiting their doctors'...
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Swine flu deaths near 1,200 worldwide

The World Health Organization has received reports of more than 162,000 cases of influenza caused by the H1N1 virus since April. Of the people with...
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