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PLoS Medicine article advocates using legal system to stem ghostwriting
An essay published by PLoS Medicine makes the case that the “guest” authors of ghostwritten articles – typically academic researchers who…
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Web outlet pumps out dozens of stories on prescription drug abuse
In partnership with USC’s Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism and a number of other organizations, Santa Barbara online news…
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‘Every day is an improvisation’ when caring for aging relatives
How many of us have seen problems with older relatives that we’ve looked away from, not wanting to acknowledge their…
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NYT series digs into overprescription and developmentally disabled adults
In the series Abused and Used, New York Times reporter Danny Hakim and a host of his colleagues have been…
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Reuters shows how shell companies hide Medicare fraud in plain sight
Reporting for Reuters, Brian Grow and Matthew Bigg used an analysis of public data to investigate the practice of using…
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See, follow AHCJ’s newest members
Please welcome AHCJ’s newest members. All new AHCJ members are welcome to stop by this post’s comment section to introduce…
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Journalists should learn about study design, evidence-based medicine
Earlier this month I saw on Twitter one of those collisions between journalism and wonkdom. Maybe “collision” isn’t the right…
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AHCJ opposes taking taxpayer-funded research out of public’s reach
Congress should not roll back public access to taxpayer-funded research reports, AHCJ wrote in a letter to members of Congress…
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BMJ analysis reveals widespread publication/selection bias in research
Reporting on a study released by BMJ and characterized as an almost existential threat to the medical research system by…
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Why are rural Westerners killing themselves?
Writing for ABC News, Alan Farnham seeks to explain the jump in suicide rates in the rural American West, particularly…
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