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Experts share realities behind generic, specialty drug pricing
Photo: Abby via Flickr Health journalists received a few lessons in economics during a discussion last week on some alarming drug trends – largely the result of a broken market – that are threatening...
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Fellowship allows journalist to dig into what drives oncologists out of...
Any health care journalist covering the business side of physician practices knows that doctors in private practice often struggle. Health plans and the federal Medicare program make it difficult for...
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How oncologists are getting cancer patients involved in discussions about...
National Comprehensive Cancer Network Physicians and other health care providers are just beginning to talk with patients about health care costs and quality. On the leading edge of this trend are...
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Digging into a buzzed-about supercomputer
Photo: ibmphoto24 via Flickr IBM enjoyed positive PR on its cancer treatment adviser, Watson for Oncology, until two reporters for Stat looked into whether the results matched the buzz. Casey Ross and...
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New data resource offers the lowdown in cancer terms, acronyms and concepts
Photo: National Cancer Institute When I first began writing in health and science journalism, my biggest “micro-beat” was vaccines (and still is). I had spent more than a year in graduate school...
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New tip sheet provides glossary of cancer-related abbreviations
Cervical cancer cells. Photo by National Cancer Institute on UnsplashHaving now covered a number of medical conferences related to cancer, I continually find myself looking up the same acronyms and...
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