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Studies
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Retraction Watch offers some transparency about transparency
In the years since its inception, Retraction Watch has documented hundreds of troubled scientific papers that were eventually retracted, as…
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Are we nearing the end of traditional medical journal articles?
Lots of challenges have faced medical publishing as the Internet has evolved. From predatory journals to the rise of open…
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Seeking out the ‘negative’ could turn up story ideas
A common type of bias that plagues medical research across all journals is publication bias: studies that find positive results…
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Reporting on hype, hope around treatments for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
There seems to be no end of news reports about promising therapies for Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. With the…
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Workshop will help reporters translate medical research to audiences accurately
Even if you only cover health care occasionally, you run across myriad medical studies and health claims. The results and…
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Greater transparency is resulting in fewer ‘positive’ findings in clinical trials
If it seems the newest studies are always reporting some new link – an association between two things or an…
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Freelancers face unique conflict-of-interest dilemmas
Previously, Covering Health has addressed two kinds of potential conflicts of interest that health journalists should watch out for: those of…
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Context, context, context: How journalists can avoid confusing readers with the latest research findings
A recent editorial in the Journal of the American Medical Association explored the responsibility that journals have to public health…
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Fellowships on medical research can take your reporting further
One of the best ways to become skilled in reporting on medical research is to immerse yourself in the experience…
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What can reporters learn from the chocolate diet study hoax?
You’ve been fooled. You thought eating chocolate while dieting could help you shed the pounds faster because a study supposedly…