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Weekly digest - April 22, 2013
news about the myriad messages about health care interventions flooding Americans
daily
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Giving bioethics lecture at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School this week
I'm honored to be invited to present [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0019ck543zeS4Il9Y-zW9qcmS2wSrSf2AmYZbTkZ9Ms4cDtRB2HIk1ynIMyl_nRdSEcIGrEEpiuIJZpSaQXRr5bNPHdvka9_uY4N5sEImNYUTCjAmmnnO3nfWzeJx5cKvuYlgiX0zJ1QO4=]
the 16th Annual Mates David and Hinna Stahl Memorial Lecture at the Robert Wood
Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey this
week. I'll use the span of my journalism career - 1973 to 2013 - to frame the issues.
Blog barks of the week:
Sad side effect of sequestration for health care journalists [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0019ck543zeS4JoR7Nlf6LwQCjprNEHKBJBGj4BxQ0mYS88WSp0BRW1CwX-Fq-NLMA2mSCcmhda7eoEA_M41Qo2YKIn7AvsKGWijQAWPIOqpycVWS3Hq0-FSxhF5xlIcXSH2cWuxKqVCrL622d3RslQOMB7YC_eS0bRsilQL1myYYtRIqm1ZCvSW1CTyAmCZAMF54zBkdZkV2iT4bsqb5awGU_Br3663Lc5]-
popular, highly effective NIH Medicine in the Media course cancelled.
What's wrong with local TV news? Health care news may be worst. [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0019ck543zeS4JVeP4o0H2ZqSYC0lr68jypkSKxTdHc2kzuppODTq1cZUWxxJUM0Dafc_9nDKDRj1j1Aum3pddehApCVhBIhXTQImafLt38iJZsoIfoEjzUpVKHc5Eyq-n6g2SRlB5kNP6IILwHFjBJjuHJXVEELtAXLtFPMF2Hpo-G5SarXZaRZdbGNmmiMwjZGDd3xZF_iyAOpQ8X678BLlxTiOpNKKGk]See
dozens of examples from our archives - never before gathered in one list like this.
British newspaper must have [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0019ck543zeS4K9Lx-wTeZ7wrDpGajWUFmmv8DCTeQgjxjwzLfmzP7OIowJ9mwU8HRAyzEnXC5FqY1rc1Zs7zbdy5DsH5D4EBhmJAndM2uMqWtFN4MrPM5R_5sMeqWdie7K2cWSfsnpb6bBzQIMlpoZqK1mxxot1FgvsGWZDA0eGhBa_2zkKhZfm-CmTqzBpEvuQnu0fNePxFcI8YpThjX6dCy35WwGfHTvNgxyW6HGoh80731vxuHyCkhccRQDpraI]confused
the hell out of its readers on vaccine/autism [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0019ck543zeS4K9Lx-wTeZ7wrDpGajWUFmmv8DCTeQgjxjwzLfmzP7OIowJ9mwU8HRAyzEnXC5FqY1rc1Zs7zbdy5DsH5D4EBhmJAndM2uMqWtFN4MrPM5R_5sMeqWdie7K2cWSfsnpb6bBzQIMlpoZqK1mxxot1FgvsGWZDA0eGhBa_2zkKhZfm-CmTqzBpEvuQnu0fNePxFcI8YpThjX6dCy35WwGfHTvNgxyW6HGoh80731vxuHyCkhccRQDpraI]
US drug stores giving away free statin drugs - now "a commodity no different than
grains of rice or sugar." [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0019ck543zeS4IyaAt08f1cYBtCUj6R5RG9S3wg_x5nPFNTcyQmbz99N3KTQxqN2xhgAkYSiMS6e04CHHl2d9Hy_XQVLXb5oRUXGe32BGr9V06GqdQ8g_QdY-Nlgsaa09jecQkuIjnXF-CugMZHfDZ1FbbeOee-WIUmoFQhn_7O_8jRAXOufnedBmRWCd3vu2S9]
How "groundbreaking" are cholesterol skin tests that Canadian drug stores help hype?
[http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0019ck543zeS4KWwhVPhD4z33l73htkarQjc1icJzh0mAs__Yvu2ksX5bMNNw4KgXvbh5wmyncaaMCRen8FK7ISp1QpisOeOkeFkQWOn4x-R4T5jcV_oTqOiwrgLOC_8DWMHDzVYjW8vq50Zdwwx_hhA0lCv3uKEPuNIbRcgoviYSUYSrizvueG0UYW4eWZI9S9]
And two examples of incomplete, confusing colon CA screening stories:
* Star Tribune tries to be cute about colonoscopy, misses boat on alternatives [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0019ck543zeS4Ln29u6-maP_fhlAU_qGNKkVUF_UpL57rYwdqLsTbD4OojRwlpmh1ydd0LAWMmWWU0CNOTVwaiZqBkjDDul5M0IdRHXs2i3DkggjhU-LO0yQBIGRSxLCb75iDEZ95GXTt68pQDpP8UtRYVrQ5OOmeVoeDMO0yST3avi-6pSIe_spA==]
* Devil is in details - not the headlines - of stories on new colorectal test.
[http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0019ck543zeS4LHgo0kzb4FgjPo2V_YT1C_AlpCk3vfXpCC78nFVltKitpuzpQzaUDtMmjr9aJqlvk5EqQrY5YvHxxFT0qlT8dsNkMF2VLRc046EkxhXJ9Lx_oMhv90e04ZWrOLzli_xlK4hE6sVILFQ1kFRHkzstxxTfHQl4p0ZA5OeRKkuVpas-cp_C8CpUTscJvxvN3fveqm6EpSTG7dKhXHeYAqi11B6hGGMHu2sRbnQvpVe0V2HQ==]
* Lesson for readers: don't overreact to any story based primarily on a company's
announcement.
And in case you missed it from earlier, see our notes about one of the more thoughtful
magazine columns on prostate cancer, "The Six Million Dollar Gland," from Men's
Health. [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0019ck543zeS4Im3xYnBcnNHkoVsKVfUMVl1Ev_xuh_U1MGFndngeKZ3R94icybhYWZzKaTvrOz3I0L2RjxYFa-XaZekb2MuhgLg2lhPPTfoINunV2-UvUBB-szOiKh3MXfwTWZTza-XpDjOu8ipIRVrye_s9tDCAnvg7Sjkoib2RvE1medBgdLJyYewrBAWfe43zV9g03vfjQ=]
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How well did these stories address our 10 criteria?
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Are Pricey Computer-Aided Mammograms Worth It? [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0019ck543zeS4K3YI3yrB5JPgWmNu6OAxSpibiachE7pRyqbieUxBk3IqVq3VMfl_JEt0DSRgiKZWGpPM5y71W8a7P1NOxQTg29R59FfEZ4Rqa485Kde_gHw9Cp_wPG1BgBzQfsHjBYiWzPs4p2UJJrMvngXA_5dfpvNpqlLiY7oDIgKFbtIRrqGNE-AYaCn4p4HV1ULzCQS4A=]
This story addressed most of our criteria. The ones it missed could have been easily
addressed.
* Stomach CT scans may help find osteoporosis - study [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0019ck543zeS4KYjPHmjek9h4RaurgFWXvrUKt6DwjTVVFbxN9Ll2weyPXSTTE6U4m2WVeHXvSp9k_onHCp3n2AluhpuqMU08DGeQ_HWKxDfBuZXTjVQhlhjACtS8ojJvy-s2ZpgZZ1SjVC5rVr3Sn7XaNQ1sNQJmypD2y9aoY-RFFiTFXrydmfOHlN7jsyBX7UCEGnSrWvO_o=]
Good details in reporting on the study, and valuable additional context and perspectives.
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Freezing Treatment May Help Destroy Lung Tumors: Study [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0019ck543zeS4IILQS_cQ6btcWx8JNui6I9vc217ftPPQatzvul8GluE5Ac1pcV1BmLGfk8WLwXy9Bs6_oETrRMeo753QDd7m8Dw0nb2bDuLCBfDKLTTPHdD7F1bNYhI_z7KdMcPPgzs4qYYYmhA_SE7PuzodlUmCKZpJdtK31QeYg8Sj-2sWUO2oFXxJ6IAwjjtncq5cnuh3cQqSZM3eqNVg==]
If the independent expert you interview states that the findings are "not incredibly
novel," then why is this newsworthy?
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