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Check out these resources when reporting on dietary supplements
Supplements, including vitamins, minerals, herbs and other “natural” substances, frequently come up in medical studies, though the research is often…
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Study shows common acid suppressants may increase dementia risk
Millions of people around the world take acid suppressants called proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) for conditions like heartburn, gastritis and…
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Membership selects new board members for 2020-21
Joyce Frieden, Washington editor at MedPage Today, and Keren Landman, M.D., a freelance journalist based in Atlanta, join four incumbents…
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How to be more effective in communicating risk to readers
One of the most challenging aspects about reporting on medical research is the need to convey risk in a meaningful…
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Membership selects new board members for 2020-21
Joyce Frieden, Washington editor at MedPage Today, and Keren Landman, M.D., a freelance journalist based in Atlanta, join four incumbents…
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Journalist offers advice on breaking news in the time of COVID-19
The National Institutes of Health last month halted a clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine for use in treating COVID-19 patients. The…
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Carving out your piece of the pandemic story can require persistence and ingenuity
Katherine Eban When President Trump declared in March that the generic antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine was a “game-changer” in the battle…
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These data resources can help localize studies on medical facility quality control
If you cover medical studies for national publications, you rarely have to worry about localizing it to one particular region.…
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Study: Low vitamin K associated with higher risk of death
Be like Popeye. Eat your spinach. And kale. And lettuce. That’s the takeaway from a recent multi-ethnic meta-analysis by researchers…
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New data source useful when covering health care professionals
So much of reporting on medical studies focuses on drugs, treatments, preventive care, health outcomes, risk factors and similar aspects…
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