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Vox reporter describes deep dive into medical studies on back pain
Two years ago Vox began a new feature section called Show Me the Evidence. In each piece, the reporter reviews several dozen recent studies on a specific question with the goal of summarizing the...
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What Trump’s budget proposal may mean for health research agency
President Donald Trump’s budget proposal includes rolling a relatively obscure agency that conducts health care research into the National Institutes of Health, and cutting the NIH budget by $5.8...
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A cautionary tale: Have you checked that citation?
Photo: Tom Walker via Flickr No fewer than four of the 2016 winners of the Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism covered the opioid epidemic from different angles. No surprise — former...
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Comparative Effectiveness Research Fellows named for 2017
Ten journalists have been chosen for the third class of the AHCJ Fellowship on Comparative Effectiveness Research. The fellowship program was created with support from the Patient-Centered Outcomes...
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Good health reporters know how to size up medical evidence
Care to know more about what it takes to accurately weigh medical evidence? You’ve got just a couple of days to jump in to apply for AHCJ’s Comparative Effectiveness Research Fellowship – the deadline...
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Australian physician-journalist offers pearls for health journalists
Norman Swan One of the best ways to become a better health journalist is to find out what the best in the biz are doing — and then make it your own. Great health journalism is happening all over the...
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Should you cover animal research? Check out these tips first
Most journalists know — or quickly learn — that animal studies are problematic and usually best left uncovered if writing about general health and medical findings for a broad consumer audience. In...
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Be skeptical of products and treatments for microbiome, experts say
Journalists and health providers should be skeptical about products and treatments related to the microbiome because researchers are still in the early days of understanding how it works and its...
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Alcohol and longevity: Beware of evidence limitations
Photo: Eric Jusino via Flickr Can drinking alcohol really help us live longer? According to a recently published study, the answer is … maybe. You probably guessed that was coming. Although moderate...
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Brain health supplements offer mostly hype, false hope
Photo: Kenny Stoltz via Flickr I don’t know about you, but every time I see a commercial for one particular supplement marketed to improve brain health, I cringe. The ad is misleading and can lead...
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