OK, we’re not #1. But we’re a busy little blog, as shown by the fact that this blog has just become the 5th most active blog out of 6,336 blogs with 15,465 authors hosted on the University of Minnesota Libraries. What we rank 5th in is in the number of entries. Since September 2004, I’ve [...]
There has been a lot of speculation about what happened to and what could have saved Tim Russert. Some, like a Wall Street Journal piece, “A Visceral Fear: Unexpected Heart Attacks,” bordered on disease-mongering. That story discussed: “…experts who think wider use of coronary calcium CT scans could help spot more people at risk of [...]
From time to time, I’ve highlighted how the Integrity in Science Watch project of the Center for Science in the Public Interest tracks news coverage (or lack thereof) of conflicts of interest in medicine and science. This week’s offering: • Cheer to Andrew Pollack of the New York Times for disclosing that Eric L. Matteson, [...]
Add the New York Daily News to my list of news organizations taking an unhealthy advocacy stance for screening tests. A promotion in the paper screams out, “Get your free prostate cancer screening, courtesy of the Daily News”: Beginning on Father’s Day, New York’s hometown newspaper offers these free tests every year, because we believe [...]
Almost no mainstream news organizations reported on my paper, “How do US journalists cover treatments, tests, products and procedures? An evaluation of 500 stories,” in last week’s PLoS Medicine journal. That’s probably not surprising. Why would you publish a story about an analysis that showed that you and your industry did a sub-par job in [...]
As we flip the calendar over from a very busy May into a sunny June, I want to reflect on the common themes in the blog entries of the past four days: 1. My PLoS Medicine article, “How Do US Journalists Cover Treatments, Tests, Products and Procedures? An Evaluation of 500 Stories.� 2. The Commonwealth [...]
We look for more critical analysis of FDA expedited approval of a new drug like this.
Five-star story on small study that tries to counter large body of evidence on soy supplements for hot flashes.
Our reviewers, including a leading women’s health clinician-researcher, felt this piece would have been benefited from more data and context.
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