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nih
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Promotional “hype” language has increased substantially in NIH grant applications
The number of promotional adjectives used to hype proposed research has increased by more than 1300% in successful grant applications…
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Wednesday NIH webinar on women and alcohol highlights obscured problem
While recent headlines have pointed out the disastrous rise in opioid use during the pandemic, less attention has focused on…
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Seven journalists selected for 2016 AHCJ-National Library of Medicine Fellowships
The journalists, from a wide range of outlets, will visit the National Institutes of Health in September. The visit will…
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Have you earned your PubMed black belt?
It’s just about impossible to report on medical research without becoming intimately familiar with PubMed. But just because a reporter…
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How two U.S. health agencies are examining social determinants
Data is the new king of journalism, but when it comes to some aspects of the social sciences – such…
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A problem with precision medicine: It’s not quite precise – at least not yet
At a conference last year, Michael Laposata, M.D., Ph.D., one of the nation’s best known pathologists, explained how clinical laboratories…
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POGO fears disclosure rule is in jeopardy
A database that would document the financial ties between researchers who are funded by the The National Institutes of Health…
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Video, presentations from comparative effectiveness conference available online
Earlier this month, ECRI’s 17th annual conference tackled the thorniest detail of comparative effectiveness research, namely that it’s rarely a…
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$95 million to figure out proper doses for kids
On The Wall Street Journal’s Health Blog, Katherine Hobson profiles the Pediatric Trials Network, a seven-year, NIH-funded effort to determine…
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Gays excluded from clinical trials
Thanks to an awards announcement from the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, we just noticed Jen Colletta’s story in…