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Medical schools plug holes in conflict-of-interest policies

Charles Ornstein, Tracy Weber and Dan Nguyen, ProPublica — Mon, 23 May 2011 20:30:47 +0000

The University of Colorado School of Medicine approved new rules explicitly prohibiting physicians from participating in drug company's speaker's bureaus. With ample wiggle room for "research and educational opportunities."

Scientific study links flammable drinking water to fracking

Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica — Wed, 11 May 2011 06:08:19 +0000

For the first time, a scientific study has linked natural gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing with a pattern of drinking water contamination so severe that some faucets can be lit on fire.

Slow Internet cripples rural economy; West ranks last

Public News Service — Tue, 10 May 2011 06:02:21 +0000

Montana Internet speeds are the slowest in the…

Financial ties bind medical societies to drug and device makers

Charles Ornstein, Tracy Weber and Dan Nguyen, ProPublica — Mon, 09 May 2011 18:39:15 +0000

From the time they arrived to the moment they laid their heads on hotel pillows, the thousands of cardiologists attending this week's Heart Rhythm Society conference have been bombarded with pitches for drugs and medical devices.

Report: Fracking chemicals stay underground

Nicholas Kusnetz, ProPublica — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:43:35 +0000

A report released Saturday confirmed details about what…

Energy jobs track market not taxes

Public News Service — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 23:00:53 +0000

Wyoming is singled out in a new report,

Fearing Gasland

Sarah Laskow, The Media Consortium — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:23:03 +0000

The natural gas industry is afraid that Josh Fox,…

What’s your state good at?

Wendy Norris — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 19:53:29 +0000

Accurate? Eh, probably not so much but still fun.

Poll: Coloradans support civil unions

Public News Service — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 18:50:18 +0000

DENVER – Gay and lesbian couples from around Colorado…

CU Denver med school snared in pharma payola scheme

Charles Ornstein, Tracy Weber and Dan Nguyen, ProPublica — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:39:55 +0000

Despite a policy that bans University of Colorado at Denver Medical School faculty from giving paid talks for pharmaceutical companies, 13 doctors are raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars.