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Health journalism
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In the cold, elderly more likely to break hip
USA Today‘s Kim Painter reminds folks, especially the elderly, to practice “defensive walking” during winter months, citing a “decade-long study…
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Problem nurses move from state to state
ProPublica’s Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber have, with the help of the Los Angeles Times‘ Maloy Moore, released the final…
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Visiting some health care blogs you might not know
FierceHealthcare, a site that says it’s geared toward health executives, spotlighted nine health care bloggers and, once they realized all…
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GE uses UK libel law to silence Danish researcher
Following in the footsteps of several other device manufacturers and medical interests, GE Healthcare is using UK libel laws, which…
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AHCJ welcomes 18 new members
AHCJ welcomes these new members: Nazrul Shaikh, senior reporter, ATN Bangla; Dhaka, Bangladesh Shelley Wood, managing editor, TheHeart.org; Kelowna, British…
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Parikh: Celebs’ medical advice should be tempered
Writing for Slate, Rahul Parikh chronicles the damage done by medical advice-dispensing celebrities then, acknowledging their influence and staying power,…
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Petit: Less variety seen in science news
The Poynter Insitute’s Mallary Jean Tenore writes about the disappearing science beat. She talks to Natalie Angier, who writes about…
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Google partners with papers for ‘living stories’
Bringing together the reporting of two major newspapers and the technical savvy of Google, “Living Stories” presents articles, timelines and…
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Poignant story leaves out the evidence
A heartwarming story on CBS News about a child’s medical treatment was in fact “incomplete and imbalanced,” according to Gary…
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Duo writes about how health statistics can mislead
Writing in mathematics-focused Plus Magazine, Mike Pearson (bio) and David Spiegelhalter (bio|wikipedia) examine not only the variety of methods used…