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Award-winning reporter explains how she investigated concerns over medical tests
The first thing most patients undergo when they have a complaint with an unknown source is a medical test. It…
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What can reporters learn from the chocolate diet study hoax?
You’ve been fooled. You thought eating chocolate while dieting could help you shed the pounds faster because a study supposedly…
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Journal’s retraction highlights value of keeping ‘a biostatistician in your back pocket’
A now-retracted study in the journal Science once again reveals how important it is that journalists find appropriate expert sources…
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Critically assessing nutritional arguments based on evidence: One journalist’s case study
Few areas of medical research are as challenging to study as nutrition. Randomized controlled nutrition trials are very difficult to…
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E-cigarette panel lit up a debate at #AHCJ15
The Health Journalism 2015 panel on e-cigarette use, or vaping, was anything but dull. Des Moines Register health reporter Tony…
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More interactivity, tips for veterans and newcomers in #AHCJ15 medical research workshop
One of the most popular and longest-running workshop sessions will return to AHCJ’s annual conference in Silicon Valley with an updated…
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Learning to find – and navigate – the wealth of data online
The abundance of data available through PubMed, ClinicalTrials.gov and other National Library of Medicine resources can be overwhelming, especially if…
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Mark Cuban’s bad health advice shows importance of explaining screenings to public
If you’ve missed the bizarre Twitter debate between billionaire businessman and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban versus all the health and…