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September 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Opinion

By Kimberly Reyes (@CommDuCoeur)
Tara Parker-Pope is a well-known health reporter with over a decade at the Wall Street Journal and more recently reporting for the New York Times, founding its Well Blog three years ago.
The particularly interesting thing about her body of work is that it’s become increasingly personal.  She’s continued to cover health and [...]

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Watching the Media: Avandia

July 27th, 2010 · No Comments · News, Opinion

Image courtesy of Present Diabetes
By Russ Ward (@russcward)
Over the last couple of weeks, if you haven’t heard people talking about Avandia, GlaxoSmithKline’s diabetes drug, you must have been on that mythical desert island that people always talk about.
The FDA convened a hearing to discuss the drug – and specifically, to discuss the heart attacks that [...]

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Friend or Foe?: Google

July 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Opinion

By Sven Larsen (@zemoga)
Google, once seen as the great beneficent alternative to more suspiciously viewed companies like Microsoft. Google, which has itself become a lot more like the new Evil Empire, in the last couple of years. A quick Google (more about this verb later…) will find you articles with titles like “Getting Free of [...]

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