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Science Is Leading Us to More Answers, but It's Also Misleading Us

By DAVID SHAYWITZ Be careful what you wish for. That is the unexpected lesson of the past decade of biomedical research, which has been characterized by an overwhelming abundance of interesting things to study and powerful ways to study them....
August 20, 2009 in Annals of Journalism, David Shaywitz, Research | Permalink | Comments (6)

GOP to Uninsured: Drop Dead

By MICHAEL L. MILLENSON “We are now contemplating, Heaven save the mark, a bill that would tax the well for the benefit of the ill.” No, that’s not Senate Minority Leader John Boehner, Rush Limbaugh or any of the other...
July 16, 2009 in Annals of Journalism, GOP, History, Michael Millenson, Wall Street Journal | Permalink | Comments (16)

Washington Post’s “Salon” Disaster and Health Care Reform

By CRAIG STOLTZ As a former citizen of the Washington Post newsroom, the recent disaster about the newspaper’s “salon” project is heartbreaking and embarrassing. I won’t belabor the issues many others have so thoroughly covered, including today’s “apology” by publisher...
July 6, 2009 in Annals of Journalism, Obama administration | Permalink | Comments (5)

The Message Is The Medium

By MERRILL GOOZNER Emory University psychologist and political consultant Drew Westen in the weekend Washington Post offers a troubling view of the public's role in health care reform. While reform's reality involves complicated technical issues like insurance exchanges, public plan...
June 28, 2009 in Annals of Journalism, History, Media, Merrill Goozner | Permalink | Comments (4)

The Journal of Participatory Medicine

By Matthew Holt ePatientDave and Giles Frydman have been working on the Society of Participatory Medicine for a while and Alan Greene MD will be the first President. Now there’s a editorial board for the Journal of Participatory Medicine. The...
June 17, 2009 in Annals of Journalism, Consumers, Health 2.0, Matthew Holt, Technology | Permalink | Comments (3)