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Covering medical studies
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Tip sheet includes lessons about reporting on pregnancy exposures
In the past several decades, an explosion of research has looked more closely at how exposure to certain substances during…
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Looking back at 2015 on Covering Health
Bacon, chocolate, vaccines and Mark Cuban: Those were the topics of some of the most-read Covering Health posts of 2015.…
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Initiative aims to use browsing histories to improve Wikipedia health content
It’s well known that Google, Facebook and dozens of other companies mine the browsing histories of their users and use…
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Stat details failure of research institutions to submit required study reports
A Stat investigation has found that “prestigious medical research institutions have flagrantly violated a federal law requiring public reporting of study results, depriving…
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Two press officers provide tips on getting the most from their peers
It seems at least a couple times a week I have to refrain from going to social media to mock…
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Are we nearing the end of traditional medical journal articles?
Lots of challenges have faced medical publishing as the Internet has evolved. From predatory journals to the rise of open…
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AHCJ award winner tells us how she created comprehensive piece on high U.S. drug prices
No other country in the world pays as much for drugs as the United States — not even other wealthy…
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Tip sheet offers overview of breast cancer screening and overdiagnosis issues
With the recent announcement of the American Cancer Society’s change in mammography and breast cancer screening guidelines, the question of…
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Be cautious about superlatives in cancer drug reporting
For much of modern medical history, the elusive holy grail of medical research has been a “cure for cancer.” Today,…
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Seeking out the ‘negative’ could turn up story ideas
A common type of bias that plagues medical research across all journals is publication bias: studies that find positive results…