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Studies
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Center: Physician performance metrics show potential
Writing for the Center for Studying Health System Change, Debra A. Draper sees great potential in the quantification of physician…
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Challenges to popular medical myths raise ire
Sarah Kliff, writing for Newsweek, takes a look at the efforts of two Indiana University pediatricians to use well-established research…
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Tuller: Focus on public, not personal, health
David Tuller, a graduate professor of health care journalism at the University of California, uses the National Sleep Foundation’s pharmaceutical…
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Cancer data fly and reporters struggle to keep up
For health journalists, the annual meeting of the American Association of Clinical Oncology poses a double-barreled challenge: How to cope…
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Vaccination gaps raise whooping cough risks
The evidence keeps piling up to show that kids who don’t get vaccinated carry real risks of catching diseases once…
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Study: Weak science in hospital press releases
Reporters often come under fire for subpar or sensationalized coverage of medical science, but a new study by researchers from…
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Students look at rural health care in north Ga.
Students at the University of Georgia spent the past few months assembling a 19-story package on health in six rural…
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Sebelius confirmed as HHS leader
The Senate approved Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services today. Some…
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Improving reporting on medical studies (#ahcj09)
“It is possible for good health journalists to provide spectacular stories on health,” said David Henry, CEO of the Institute…
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CJR: Be skeptical of miraculous study results
In the Columbia Journalism Review, Katherine Bagley urges journalists to use caution when reporting the results of medical studies, citing…