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Tip sheet offers overview of breast cancer screening and overdiagnosis issues
With the recent announcement of the American Cancer Society’s change in mammography and breast cancer screening guidelines, the question of…
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Workshop on evidence-based medicine draws more reporters to D.C.
More than 100 journalists from across the United States came to the nation’s capital Oct. 29-30 to hone their evidence-based…
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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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Advice on communicating the problems with cancer overdiagnosis
The media has a role in helping to prevent overdiagnosis and excessive care in medicine. I write a popular blog…
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Los Angeles reporter talks about how she covers the ‘megaclinic’ phenomenon
In a recent story for the Los Angeles Daily News, reporter Susan Abram informed readers that once again, a city sports…
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Los Angeles reporter talks about how she covers the ‘megaclinic’ phenomenon
Susan Abram In a recent story for the Los Angeles Daily News, reporter Susan Abram informed readers that once again,…
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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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In new tip sheet, Chicago reporter suggests questions to ask about low hospital occupancy rates
For many years, health insurers have worked to keep patients out of hospitals, the costliest care setting. At the same…
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Proposed budget compromise includes gradual increase in Medicare premiums
While much of America was watching the New York Mets and Kansas City Royals battle it out for 14 long…
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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…
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