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cancer
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Journalists named to National Cancer Reporting Fellowships
A dozen journalists have been chosen for the 2017 class of the National Cancer Reporting Fellowships. AHCJ will be presenting…
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How the language we use to communicate about disease matters
Does language make a difference when we address serious health issues such as Alzheimer’s and other diseases? Absolutely, according to…
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First class of journalists named for National Cancer Reporting Fellowships
Fourteen journalists have been chosen for the inaugural class of the National Cancer Reporting Fellowships. The fellowship program was created…
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How oncologists are getting cancer patients involved in discussions about costs, quality
Physicians and other health care providers are just beginning to talk with patients about health care costs and quality. On…
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Upcoming webcast: How oncologists are involving cancer patients in discussions about treatment, costs
In 2013, Nick Mulcahy reported for Medscape that oncologists at the Duke Cancer Center used the term “financial toxicity” to…
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AHCJ, National Cancer Institute to partner for new National Cancer Reporting Fellowships
The Association of Health Care Journalists and the National Cancer Institute announced they will collaborate this year to present the…
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New tip sheet gives guidance for reporting on opioid use among the aging
Opioid addiction is at crisis levels in the United States. Over two million people are addicted to opioids, which include…
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Recent headlines examine impact of racial disparities on cancer, longevity
First there was the “dubious milestone,” as The New York Times called it, of black women for the first time…
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Be cautious about superlatives in cancer drug reporting
For much of modern medical history, the elusive holy grail of medical research has been a “cure for cancer.” Today,…
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Despite bacon headlines, reporters got to the meat of the story
“When you pry the bacon from my cold, dead, cancerous hands …” Some days it seems the press loves nothing…