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Covering medical studies
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Tip sheet series to focus on red flags to look for in medical studies
With thousands of medical studies published every day, it’s impossible to cover even 1 percent of them. When you can…
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BBC piece on vitamin research a great example of engaging explanatory journalism
Anyone who has covered medical research for a while knows how fraught it can be to report on vitamin supplements…
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Should we beware the tyranny of the randomized controlled trial?
The intersection of scientific research, evidence and expertise can be a dicey one, particularly in an age in which evidence-based…
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Health and aging stories to follow in 2017
The new year heralds a new administration and much uncertainty about what lies ahead for older adults’ health care. There…
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2016 in review: What were you reading on Covering Health?
As we get ready to gear up for what is sure to be a year full of health-related news, it’s…
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Medical research coverage often contains too few independent, conflict-free comments
Just one in every six new stories about medical research contained independent comments from someone besides the study authors —…
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Areas to explore when it comes to gender’s impact on health
When it comes to social determinants and health, gender is one of the uncontrollable risk factors that can impact health.…
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Writing about abortion? AHCJ has the data you need
Issues surrounding abortion never really leave the news. A reporter could build an entire beat around covering abortion issues and…
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How susceptibility to placebo effect could change research
The placebo effect presents quite the conundrum to researchers attempting to discern whether a particular intervention truly offers clinical benefit…
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Award-winning series can help you better understand medical studies
Winners of the 2016 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards included science journalist Christie Aschwanden of FiveThirtyEight, who received the Silver…