Gary Schwitzer (health journalism professor, University of Minnesota; publisher, HealthNewsReview.org) came to Health Journalism 2009's "Statistics, conclusions, limitations: Reporting on medical studies" panel to discuss shortcomings in healthcare journalism in Australia, Canada and the U.S. He called for better discussion of costs, benefits and potential harms in health care stories, warned reporters against using health journals or scientific meetings as a main source of news, and presented a related article.
