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A game of inside baseball is being played between two of the most venerated medical journals, and journalists may want…
You’ve been fooled. You thought eating chocolate while dieting could help you shed the pounds faster because a study supposedly…
As we close out 2014, take a look back at the most popular Covering Health posts of the year: Comparing…
When writing about medical studies, reporters should always ask researchers about any financial relationships with drug companies or device manufacturers.…
Six years ago, a clinic in Oregon made the decision to ban representatives from the pharmaceutical companies. The doctors and…
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Journalists on Twitter were surprised, even dismayed, on Tuesday when tweets from The Associated Press prompted followers to “Visit AstraZeneca’s…
Efforts to correct biased and dangerous medical studies are making more headlines. Shortly after I posted about a new idea…
A few weeks ago, I reached out to a disease charity for comment on a story I was working on.…
If you follow me on Twitter, you may have noticed several 140-character conniptions I had last week over coverage of…
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The Des Moines Register‘s Clark Kauffman opens his investigative report with a simple observation: “University of Iowa Hospitals is giving…