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Clinical Trial Coverage Criticized
Written by: Tom Jacobs, Wednesday 26 November 2008 - 12:07 PM 
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Newspaper reporting on clinical trials “is not providing the public with the information necessary to make informed decisions about medical treatments, either conventional or alternative,” according to a critical study just published in the journal BMC Medicine.
Medical Journalists Face Ethical Challenges
Written by: Tom Jacobs, Wednesday 19 November 2008 - 13:57 PM 0 Comments
Journalists who cover the medical industry face serious ethical issues as the line between news reporting and the promotion of new products becomes blurred, according to a just-published study.
"Read It Today and Use It Today" News for Doctors
Written by: Barbara Hesselgrave, Wednesday 24 September 2008 - 05:00 AM 0 Comments
A new electronic newsletter strives to make evidence-based health care a little more likely with real-time research straight from the federal government.
Evidence of a Need for Change
Written by: Michael L. Millenson, Friday 19 September 2008 - 07:00 AM 1 Comments
How likely is it that you will receive treatment the medical literature says is best? Flip a coin. Evidence-based health care can improve those odds, save lives and cut health care costs dramatically.
Much Schiavo Coverage Brain Dead
Written by: Tom Jacobs, Thursday 07 August 2008 - 16:04 PM 0 Comments
Coverage of the controversial Terri Schiavo case in some of the nation’s top newspapers was full of inaccuracies and misinformation, according to a study just published in the journal Neurology.
Doctors to Treat You … and Your Pet
Written by: Joan Melcher, Friday 22 February 2008 - 22:35 PM 0 Comments
Some health professionals serving people and animals suggest the DNA divide can close on the care side.
Campus Research Back to Basics
Written by: Matthew Rafferty, Tuesday 22 January 2008 - 22:58 PM 0 Comments
The author of a new paper on the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 finds that the legislation has not caused the decline in basic research that many had feared.
Enticing Health Insurers to Pay for Prevention
Written by: Ryan Blitstein, Saturday 12 January 2008 - 00:41 AM 0 Comments
Ronen Avraham proposes a system that might put economic incentives on the side of better health.
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