- David Brown
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David Brown, a journalist and physician, has been a staff writer for The Washington Post since 1991. He has covered medical research, the AIDS epidemic, clinical practice, medical ethics, epidemiology, global health, and numerous non-medical scientific subjects. He majored in American Studies at Amherst College, graduating in 1973. He worked as a reporter at The Greenwood (Miss.) Commonwealth and The Baltimore Sun before entering the Medical College of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in 1987. He works four days a week at the Post and two-thirds of a day at a general internal medicine clinic in Baltimore supervising third-year medical students.
CDC recommends hepatitis C tests for all baby boomers
The federal government called for all baby boomers to be tested for hepatitis C, which kills more Americans each year than AIDS and is the leading reason for liver transplants.
Brain damage from IED blasts, football concussions is similar, study shows
Soldiers exposed to roadside bomb blasts and athletes who have suffered repeated concussions show the same long-lasting changes to brain cells, a new study shows.
Study: 42 percent in U.S. will be obese in 2030
In 2030, 42 percent of American adults will be obese, and about one-quarter of that group will be severely obese, a condition that shortens life and incurs large medical expenses, a study predicts.
Failed drugs to get another chance
Federal officials seek ways to rescue and repurpose drugs that washed out for their initial planned uses but may work well for some other treatment.
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- Mad cow case raises the issue of tracking livestock
- Mad cow disease discovered in California animal, but food supply declared safe
- Old blood and tissue may hold a lot of secrets
- Life expectancy varies widely in the Washington area
- Life expectancy varies widely in the Washington area
- Warren Buffett says he has Stage 1 prostate cancer
- Asking old human tissue to answer new scientific questions
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