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cancer
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Could financial conflicts be influencing cancer care guidelines?
Physicians in all fields of medicine rely on guidelines developed by professional medical organizations to inform how they care for…
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Covering health care – as a cancer patient
Alexandra Glorioso, a Florida health reporter for Politico, joined AHCJ for a webcast about what being diagnosed with stage 2…
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Panelists break down the realities of precision medicine and immunotherapy
Are precision medicine and immunotherapy overhyped as cancer treatments, or do they hold such tremendous promise that we are only…
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Speaker spotlight: Brawley to discuss health disparities, cancer
Occasionally doctors are apt to make claims, especially when money is involved, that are not based in science or fact.…
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New tip sheet details cancer diagnosis and treatment in older adults
Cancer diagnosis and care are complex. When comorbid conditions, multiple medications, changing physiology and decreasing resilience are involved, they present…
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Oropharyngeal cancer a growing result of HPV’s spread
With about 14 million new infections a year, human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most prevalent sexually-transmitted virus in the United…
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Fellows chosen for 2018 National Cancer Reporting Fellowships
A dozen journalists have been chosen for the 2018 class of the National Cancer Reporting Fellowships. AHCJ will be presenting…
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Free online courses from CDC, WHO and NIH can enhance medical research reporting
In a previous post, I discussed how journalists can use MOOCs — Massive Online Open Courses — to broaden or…
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Study explores medical marijuana as opioid alternative for older adults
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions wants to crack down on medical marijuana. He was soundly rebuked by Congress last year,…
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New studies consider how oral flora can impact health of the entire body
The human mouth is home to a variety of ecological niches, inhabited by hundreds of microbial species. Scientists are eager…