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schwitz@umn.edu ]]> en-us 2009-11-06T08:50:28-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/schwitz/healthnews/2009/11/german-journali.html German science journalists gather in Bremen, Germany next week for the annual Wissenswerte conference. I'll speak on a panel there on Monday. I've also been asked to consult with a group there that is hoping to launch a German version... Health care journalism schwitz 2009-11-06T08:50:28-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/schwitz/healthnews/2009/11/snowballing-con.html An AP story wraps this into the historical context of the highly-criticized AMA-Sunbeam deal and the American Academy of Pediatrics-infant formula deal. And the story states: "The Coke deal is not the only corporate alliance for the family physicians group.... Conflicts of interest schwitz 2009-11-05T08:11:59-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/schwitz/healthnews/2009/11/lashing-out-at.html Consumer Reports' terrific series of drug adwatch videos added a new one last week - and this is one of my favorites.... Drug industry schwitz 2009-11-05T07:00:00-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/schwitz/healthnews/2009/11/medical-conflic.html I've told my students that covering health care conflicts of interest could be a fulltime beat - and you still wouldn't keep up. The NY Times today reports: In the first half of this year, the drug giant Eli Lilly... Conflicts of interest schwitz 2009-11-04T09:25:06-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/schwitz/healthnews/2009/11/us---world-outl.html I've been asked by students in the past, "How much do we screen for prostate cancer in the US compared with other countries?" Now there are some new numbers to help answer that question. An article in HealthAffairs (Cancer Screening... Cancer schwitz 2009-11-04T07:00:08-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/schwitz/healthnews/2009/11/docs-quitting-a.html The Atlanta Business Chronicle reports that some physicians are discontinuing membership in the American Academy of Family Physicians over the previously-discussed Coke deal.... Conflicts of interest schwitz 2009-11-03T15:17:11-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/schwitz/healthnews/2009/11/what-can-we-lea.html An article in PLoS Medicine by David Henry, Lisa Bero, Ray Moynihan and colleagues analyzes Australia's move to require disclosure of medical industry funding of any event. Their summary points: * There are moves internationally to ensure greater disclosure of... Conflicts of interest schwitz 2009-11-03T13:34:17-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/schwitz/healthnews/2009/11/doc-starts-face.html Last month we alerted you to news that the American Academy of Family Physicians had a six-figure deal with Coke to "develop consumer education content on beverages and sweeteners for its consumer-oriented website, FamilyDoctor.org." Well, that deal doesn't sit well... Business of health schwitz 2009-11-03T07:48:25-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/schwitz/healthnews/2009/11/amgen-aranesp-a.html Blogger Merrill Goozner writes: There was bad news for cancer patients -- and the biotechnology giant Amgen -- buried in a clinical trial released early yesterday by the New England Journal of Medicine. The Amgen-funded trial was designed to show... Drug industry schwitz 2009-11-02T16:30:38-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/schwitz/healthnews/2009/11/a-story-of-harm.html Amidst the flood of stories that only reflect the benefits of cancer screening, here's a story from the UK - and the Sunday Times - that delivers the perspective of the harms of screening that we seldom hear. It begins:... Cancer schwitz 2009-11-02T07:00:00-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/schwitz/healthnews/2009/11/traffic-continues-to-grow-on-healthnewsrevieworg.html More people visited HealthNewsReview.org in October than in any other month except one in the site's 43-month run. The site had 86% more unique visits this October than last October. It's been a very good year.... schwitz 2009-11-01T07:45:27-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/schwitz/healthnews/2009/10/tv-station-make.html It's a TV sweeps ratings period, and it's also breast cancer awareness month, so any boob could see this coming. The Washington Post makes a big deal of the fact that DC station WJLA is making an even bigger deal... Cancer schwitz 2009-10-30T14:44:41-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/schwitz/healthnews/2009/10/something-doesn.html In the circles I run in, there's been a buzz about an announcement first made last December about a "partnership" between the FDA and WebMD. Yesterday the two entities announced an expansion of that partnership "to provide increased access to... Business of health schwitz 2009-10-30T06:39:25-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/schwitz/healthnews/2009/10/screening-crusa.html New media writer Jeff Jarvis, recently diagnosed and treated for prostate cancer, is writing about screening again: "I say, thank god science for screening." He's entitled to his opinion. He is not entitled to his own personal version of the... Cancer schwitz 2009-10-28T07:00:00-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/schwitz/healthnews/2009/10/buffalos-talkin.html I'm pleased to see that my op-ed piece in the Buffalo News may, at least in some small way, have more people there and elsewhere talking about a more complete picture of the not-so-simple prostate cancer screening decision. First, it... Cancer schwitz 2009-10-27T07:00:00-06:00