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Challenges to popular medical myths raise ire
Sarah Kliff, writing for Newsweek, takes a look at the efforts of two Indiana University pediatricians to use well-established research…
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Tuller: Focus on public, not personal, health
David Tuller, a graduate professor of health care journalism at the University of California, uses the National Sleep Foundation’s pharmaceutical…
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Mass., Tenn. provide test cases for federal reform
AP Medical Writer Carla K. Johnson takes a look at health care reform in Massachusetts and Tennessee and how the…
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Editor moves on to create media, policy institute
AHCJ member Diana Mason is leaving her position as editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Nursing, where she has worked…
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For some hospitals, tax breaks outstrip charity care
A story by Boston Globe reporters Scott Allen and Marcella Bombardieri questions the provision of nonprofit status for hospitals and…
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Brain damage caused by football is cumulative
The Philadelphia Daily News has released “Deadly Aftershocks,” an in-depth look at the effect of the day-to-day bumps and knocks…
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Hospitals avoid reporting disciplined docs
The nonprofit group Public Citizen has released a report showing that hospitals nationwide are taking advantage of loopholes to avoid…
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Dental malpractice suit shows gaps in information
A web of confidentiality, state politics and gag clauses conspired to conceal a malpractice case settled in 2005 by Dental…
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Rise in uncompensated care forces hospital cuts
MinnPost.com‘s Dr. Kay Schwebke reported that uncompensated care — both charity care and bad debt taken on by hospitals to…
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Toxicologists: Media gets chemical risks wrong
Writing for STATS, a research organization affiliated with George Mason University, Robert Lichter reports on a study of “how experts…