Category
Core Topics
-
Study shows common acid suppressants may increase dementia risk
Millions of people around the world take acid suppressants called proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) for conditions like heartburn, gastritis and…
-
How to be more effective in communicating risk to readers
One of the most challenging aspects about reporting on medical research is the need to convey risk in a meaningful…
-
Journalist offers advice on breaking news in the time of COVID-19
The National Institutes of Health last month halted a clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine for use in treating COVID-19 patients. The…
-
These data resources can help localize studies on medical facility quality control
If you cover medical studies for national publications, you rarely have to worry about localizing it to one particular region.…
-
Study: Low vitamin K associated with higher risk of death
Be like Popeye. Eat your spinach. And kale. And lettuce. That’s the takeaway from a recent multi-ethnic meta-analysis by researchers…
-
New data source useful when covering health care professionals
So much of reporting on medical studies focuses on drugs, treatments, preventive care, health outcomes, risk factors and similar aspects…
-
Time to track how the pandemic is hurting health care provider finances
While the death of more than 120,000 Americans related to the novel coronavirus is the most important story, the economic…
-
Professor helps journalists report on assessing COVID-19 transmission risks
Scientists now have a much better idea of how people become infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. But…
-
Pandemic changes, or pauses, state approaches to health coverage
Before the new coronavirus pandemic, expanding health insurance was a hot topic in the presidential campaign. States were considering a…
-
Protect readers’ time and bandwidth from unpublished trials
Every week for years, I’ve received press releases about studies starting up. This one looking at heart disease, that one…