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Covering medical studies
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Goodman to guide journalists on covering medical studies
AHCJ is pleased to introduce independent journalist Brenda Goodman as the association’s topic leader on covering medical studies. Goodman, a…
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JAMA editor predicts embargoes will be up for discussion
This is a guest post by AHCJ board member and AP medical writer Carla K. Johnson, who leads AHCJ’s Chicago…
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Calorie restriction stories highlight best practices when writing about research
Down crashed one of the great hopes of anti-aging medicine recently with the news that calorie restriction did not lift…
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Question the claims, evaluate validity of studies on Health Policy
A tweet from my friend Laura Beil, an AHCJ member and fine health/science writer, got my attention: @LJBeil: Dallas metro…
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‘Top Doctors’ rankings lack standards, oversight
It’s going to surprise exactly nobody that the organizations that help sell plaques to physicians might just be in it…
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Alzheimer’s drug puts journalists’ judgment to test
It was the kind of news that had to be handled delicately, with a deft touch and a sense of…
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AHCJ opens dialog to improve journalists’ access to medical society meetings
The Association of Health Care Journalists has launched an effort to improve reporters’ access to the data and information released…
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Tools, questions to see if nursing home oversight is really working in your area
Any story that mentions maggots coming out of a patient’s ear is going to grab my attention. After recovering from…
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AHRQ details spending on health care
Among recent releases from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, its data on who’s spending what on health care…
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Case could set precedent for regulating stem cells
On Forbes.com, Gergana Koleva digs deep into the ongoing court battle between Regenerative Sciences and the FDA over the question…