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“How looking for cancer’s causes became a political act.” By Heather Smith, Grist. How does real political change happen? Jeanne Rizzo has spent decades figuring that out — but not along any typical route. First a psychiatric nurse, then a concert hall manager and film, music, and theater producer, she gradually became more and more . . . → Read More: How looking for cancer’s causes became a political act
“New Truths That Only One Can See.” By George Johnson, The New York Times. It has been jarring to learn in recent years that a reproducible result may actually be the rarest of birds. Replication, the ability of another lab to reproduce a finding, is the gold standard of science, reassurance that . . . → Read More: On Irreproducible results, “New Truths That Only One Can See”
“When the writer becomes the patient” by Karen D. Brown, The Boston Globe. A health journalist who has written about changing guidelines for breast cancer screenings finds herself caught between statistics and personal decisions. She explains in a clear and balanced way how the right recommendation for millions of people might be wrong for a . . . → Read More: When the writer becomes the patient
“Too Much Medicine Happens Too Often: The Teachable Moment and a Call for Manuscripts from Clinical Trainees.” By Tanner J. Caverly, MD, MPH, Brandon P. Combs, MD; Christopher Moriates, MD; Neel Shah, MD, MPP; Deborah Grady, MD, MPH, JAMA Internal Medicine. A columnist at the New York Times asked readers, “Have you experienced too much . . . → Read More: Too Much Medicine Happens Too Often:The Teachable Moment and a Call for Manuscripts from Clinical Trainees.
“New Truths That Only One Can See.” By Julia Belluz, Maclean’s Science-ish. At the Harvard School of Public Health, Stanford professor Dr. John Ioannidis told a room filled with Harvard doctors (and one journalist) that they can’t trust most of the research findings science has to offer. “In science, we are very eager to make . . . → Read More: When science isn’t science-based: In class with Dr. John Ioannidis
“There isn’t a ‘right’ way to die. Journalists should recognise that?” By Marie Ennis-O’Connor, TheJournal.ie. IRELAND – Bill Keller chose to write about Adams using the very words that Lisa has spoken openly about rejecting, such as ‘fighting’, ‘hero’, ‘battle’. If not unethical journalism, it nonetheless speaks to a failure in tone and sensitivity to . . . → Read More: There isn’t a ‘right’ way to die. Journalists should recognise that
“Social Media Is a Conversation, Not a Press Release?” By Zeynep Tufekci, Medium.com. Guardian writer Emma G. Keller wrote a cancer-shaming article [archived here] on metastastic breast cancer sufferer Lisa Adams’ social media presence. It was an oddly callous piece—but that was not its only fault. Emma Keller admitted that she had conversed with . . . → Read More: Social Media Is a Conversation, Not a Press Release 
IN NOVEMBER 2010, I finished a year of treatment for advanced breast cancer. Just 24 hours after my last Herceptin infusion, I took my bald, beleaguered self on a plane to Austin to join other women at the Life Beyond Cancer retreat. My hope was to get some insight into how to regain some semblance . . . → Read More: On Cancer PTSD and the Double-Kellering of Lisa Adams
“What exactly is wrong with the Kellers?” By Christie Aschwanden, Knight Science Journalism at MIT. “Tone-deaf, ghoulish, & lacking in empathy,” tweeted Boing Boing writer Xeni Jardin. “Reprehensible,” wrote Ayelet Waldman. “A tragically shallow misreading,” tweeted Steve Silberman. A pair of opinion pieces published in quick succession by Guardian columnist Emma Keller and her husband, . . . → Read More: What exactly is wrong with the Kellers?
“New Mexico doctors can help terminal patients die, judge says.” By Lateef Mungin, CNN. (CNN) — In a decision sure to cause debate, a New Mexico judge has ruled that terminally ill, mentally competent patients have the right to get a doctor to end their lives. The landmark decision Monday by New Mexico Second Judicial . . . → Read More: New Mexico doctors can help terminal patients die, judge says |
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