Women with breast cancer who are active on social media make a vital contribution to our public dialogue. So, when I read Angelina Jolie’s New York Times opinion piece, “My Medical Choice,” about her decision to have bilateral prophylactic mastectomy after breast cancer gene testing, I turned to some of the women I follow through [...]
There’s been a sudden burst in articles about science and science news communication websites – and the comments left on such sites. On MotherJones.com, Chris Mooney wrote, “The Science of Why Comment Trolls Suck: The online peanut gallery can get you so riled up that your ability to reason goes out the window, a new [...]
It started when somebody wrote a book review of the book by Dr. Otis Brawley, Chief Medical Officer of the American Cancer Society, “How We Do Harm: A Doctor Breaks Ranks About Being Sick In America.” In it, the reviewer wrote: “Brawley isn’t an asshole, but he is a loudmouth, in the best possible sense. [...]
Just last month I first wrote that some of these Groupon-like offers are getting a little crazy. Now,within the past 24 hours,I’ve seen Groupon-like offers for: laser toenail fungus treatment (evidence questionable), another MRI scan offer for “headache prevention screening” (!!??!!). But my favorite was a Living Social [...]
I was pleased to be asked to be the guest on the #BCSM (Breast Cancer & Social Media) twitter chat last night (Monday, Feb. 20). This is a community that meets online every Monday night at 9 pm Eastern, 8 pm Central, 6 pm Pacific time. One of the hosts, and chat co-founders, Jody Schoger, [...]
The following cross-post was originally published by Barbara Feder Ostrov, deputy editor of ReportingonHealth.org. I’ve been a frequent contributor to the Health Wonk Review (#2 on her list) and hosted the carnival on December 22. ———————————————————————————————————————————————– One of my New Year’s resolutions is to read more of the insightful health and medicine blog posts that [...]
A website called VibrantNation.com describes itself as “the leading online community for Baby Boomer women – the place where they connect and support each other on issues unique to life after 50.” I don’t know about that. But I do think they’ve done the oddest thing I’ve ever seen on their Staff listing page.The following [...]
This is not a lesson about the limitations of 140-character messages on Twitter. Rather, it is a warning about careless Tweets that mischaracterize the real meat of the message in longer stories linked to in the Twitter message. As I wrote on Twitter in response to these two episodes, “Better not to Tweet on complex [...]
This story focuses on a family that may have a rare genetic mutation that increases their risk of heart disease. Unfortunately, the “rare” part wasn’t mentioned until 1,600 words into this 2,100 word story.
While this story adequately addressed 7 of our 10 criteria, the 3 on which it missed were significant omissions, yet could have been easily addressed.
Solid medical conference reporting, with many expert interviews and good context provided. Goes far beyond the conference presentation itself.
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