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Conflicts of interest
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Wis. researchers didn’t disclose conflicts to journals
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter John Fauber reports that conflicts of interest that local researchers disclosed to the university were not…
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Fox’s Stossel to appear at Ark. health-care forums
While plenty of people are paying attention to the Obama administration’s assertions that Fox News is “ideologically predisposed against Obama…
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Cancer society’s messages on screening conflict
The New York Times‘ Gina Kolata reports that the American Cancer Society, a longtime defender of early detection and cancer…
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They gave us Part D, now protect it from reform
ProPublica’s Olga Pierce reports that at least 25 of the folks who helped push through pharma-friendly Medicare Part D six…
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Feds take Columbia to task over decade-old study
The run of intriguing health journalism from the Huffington Post Investigative Fund continues this week, as Jeanne Lenzer and Shannon…
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Doctor calls for principles in health reporting
Nortin Hadler, M.D., in an opinion piece for ABC News, writes about his worries for health journalism. Hadler, who is…
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How hysterectomies spurred Dartmouth Atlas’ birth
In the first of a three-part series on health care costs in America, NPR’s Alix Spiegel tells the story of…
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U. of Wisconsin conflict of interest policy gutted
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel‘s John Fauber reports that the University of Wisconsin’s proposed conflict-of-interest rules have been heavily watered down with…
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Why aren’t some on dialysis referred for transplants?
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reporters Andrew Conte and Luis Fabregas have released the results of an extensive investigation into kidney transplant and…
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Hospital claims reform causing financial woes
Sean Kelly of WCVB-Boston reports that, despite suing the state on the grounds that financial difficulties caused by Massachusetts Health…