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Are RCTs the most cost effective choice?
posted 08/15/2011

With only 17 to 18 percent of NIH grant applications funded this year - the lowest level on record - are RCTs costing millions, cost effective?

When Journalism Becomes Sensationalism
posted 08/03/2011

Do death threats to an isolated few make for good journalism or just sensationalism? And in pursuing the unusual do journalists run the risk of skewing the overall situation? Does having one source on each side of the issue really provide accurate balance and meaningful context? Questions are easy, answers are harder.

Should Science Journalists Have an Ethical Code?
posted 06/28/2011

Determining an ethical code is not as easy as it sounds when you take into to account a wide variety of cultures, journalistic training, and the constraints upon journalists in a variety of situations around the world.

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Reporting on Evidence Requires More Than Spin
Reporting on evidence-based medicine is tricky. Interviewing outside researchers who study the... more »
posted 02/19/13
DSM 5 – Misdiagnosing or Mislabeling of Medical Diseases
The psychiatric world is close to receiving an updated version of their “Bible.” Officially known... more »
posted 12/19/12
Ripples of abuse
The Boy Scouts of America are in trouble – to say the least. But, do the boy scouts who were... more »
posted 10/24/12

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Sexual abuse and economic ramifications
Posted by bekate | Friday, 2012-10-26, 08:30
Thanks for reading my post. Former New York Times journalist David Shipler has an entire...
Measuring is part of counting
Posted by bekate | Tuesday, 2012-08-28, 07:45
Excellent series of posts as always. Although this issue is in some ways secondary to the point,...
Drought and dust
Posted by bekate | Sunday, 2012-08-19, 07:14
Lynne Peeples had a good take on the health hazards of dust storms resulting from the drought....

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Project: Dr. Ian Lipkin and Dr. Mady Hornig: Hunting Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Viruses

Cutting edge technology may be the game changer in controversial disease.

Project: Should Clinical Trials of antivirals remain on the table in ME/CFS

The association of a murine retrovirus with ME/CFS appears to be no longer viable, but many of the researchers who can't find XMRV in patients still believe that other viruses are at play.