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Article usually refers to the particular artifact. A word has more meanings.

Literature
Around grammar: a grammatical particle used to indicate definiteness and in occasionally languages number and case. Look at Article (grammar). Within publishing, an article is a piece of nonfictional prose that is an independent part of the publication (like the book, journal, magazine, or newspaper). This feel of article overlaps sustaining a usage of the word essay. Around an encyclopedia or other reference work, an article is a primary section of content. For specialised utilize of the term inside Wikipedia, see What is a Wikipedia article?

Other uses

Inside medicine, an article is a joint between two bones (as inside "articulation"). Inside law, an article is the independent division of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)

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Making Medicines Safer - The Need for an Independent Drug Safety Board
From the New England Journal of Medicine. "Currently, after a drug is approved for marketing, we rely on a voluntary reporting system based on the assumption that a drug is safe... It is remarkable that at a time when the technology for collecting and analyzing large amounts of data is readily available, an independent, comprehensive, and systematic program of post-marketing drug surveillance does not exist."

Public Health and Personal Freedom
Argues that more emphasis should be given to personal freedom over public health, using the example of alcohol.

Health Care Report
This site, in data graphic form, shows U.S. live expectancy trends and health care spending compared to other nations, raising challenging questions today and looking forward.

Health Insurance
Most primary care providers will have a network of colleagues they can recommend specialty services. Article says your health care needs are best met when your care is coordinated between your primary care provider and your specialists. From Health4her.com.

Human Rights and the Aids Crisis: The Debate Over Resources
International human-rights standards can help point a useful direction while we prepare ourseleves to face a new public-health challenge that has come to the fore in the fight against AIDS.

Infostat, Cargo-Cult Science and the Policy Sausage-machine
Paper on the managerial takeover of clinical practice, and how the process of medical science is distorted by politics and dubious trendy theories.

No Caps On Non-Economic Medical Malpractice Awards
Facts sheets explaining attempts to legitimize negligent or incompetent conduct by health care providers.

Medical Malpractice lawsuits
Legal Information on medical malpractice lawsuits.

Not Another Generation Exposed To Asbestos
An examination of asbestos, its effects on the human body, the state of mesothelioma treatments, and pending legislation on asbestos issues.

The Bush Presidency - Bush Record on Health
Articles explore the Medicare bill and its drug plan, the imported drug controversy, stem cell research, and the Administration's policy for the uninsured.