Health Beat
Monitoring the Pulse of Health Care Journalism
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Economic determinants of child health
One of every five kids in the United States is living in poverty and families with children under age 6…
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Pitches that are a hit with editors
Stalking an editor or a story, making clear and concise pitches, showing your knowledge of a subject and demonstrating you…
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Evaluating medical evidence for journalists
Journalists Gary Schwitzer and Ivan Oransky, M.D., had many examples to illustrate that the media too often exaggerates the benefits…
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Hepatitis: New battle lines in a war on a silent killer
What if you were sick but didn’t know until it was too late? That’s the case for more than 3…
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Experts share challenges of setting up state insurance exchanges
Setting up a state insurance exchange is a complicated endeavor – made more so by the bitter politics of Health…
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History of Experimental Medicine (Barry Silverman presentation)
Presentation from Barry Silverman, M.D., Mark Silverman chair of cardiac education, the Piedmont Heart Institute, who spoke on the panel…
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Tips to generate clinical research & public health news coverage (Rob Logan presentation)
Presentation from Robert A. Logan, Ph.D., communication research scientist, National Library of Medicine, who spoke on the panel “From story…
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The Behavioral Economics and Neuroeconomics of Addiction (James MacKillop presentation)
Presentation from James MacKillop, Ph.D., director, Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology Laboratory; associate professor, Department of Psychology; associate director, Owens Institute…
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New and emerging healthcare technologies: Where do health disparities fit? (Vladimir Cadet)
Presentation from Vladimir N. Cadet, M.P.H., clinical writer/analyst, ECRI Institute, who spoke on the panel “Identifying disparities in diagnosis and…
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Health Disparities in Cancer (Theresa Gillespie presentation)
Presentation from Theresa Gillespie, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine and Winship Cancer Institute, who…
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