March 14, 2006

Cascade of cardiology stories

Sorry I've been a little slow with posts in the past few days.

First, there's digging out from under a foot of new snow in the Twin Cities.

Second, there's digging out from under an avalanche of cardiology-related news coming out of the American College of Cardiology meeting.

It reminds me of the excellent paper by Woloshin and Schwartz in JAMA a few years ago, "Media Coverage of Scientific Meetings: Too Much, Too Soon?". Their conclusion: "Abstracts at scientific meetings receive substantial attention in the high-profile media. A substantial number of the studies remain unpublished, precluding evaluation in the scientific community."

Posted by schwitz at March 14, 2006 01:10 PM | TrackBack
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