Barbara Feder Ostrov

<p>Promises, threats and predictions about health care fill our first Daily Briefing of 2011!</p>

<p>In our last briefing of 2010: a controversy over reporting on chronic Lyme disease. Happy holidays!</p>

<p>Are there some gaping holes in the PLOS placebo study in today's news? Find out in today's Daily Briefing!</p>

<p>Should all adults get tested for HIV? Get the latest on this debate and more news from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>The CDC's recent food-borne illness stats aren't just about science — there's politics involved, too. Plus more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Doctors at some universities are still getting lucrative speaking gigs from Big Pharma, and more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Could Chinese drywall scrap be responsible for health problems linked to American-made drywall? Answers and more in our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Does the HIV "cure" recently reported in Germany live up to the hype it's getting? Answers and more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Last week, I posted the <a href="../../../../../../../../blogs/qa-dr-neel-shah-part-1-getting-doctors-consider-costs-care">first part of my conversation</a> with Dr. Neel Shah, founder and director of <a href="http://www.costsofcare.org/">Costs of Care</a>, a nonprofit that urges doctors to consider how their treatment decisions affect patients’ pocketbooks and develops tools to help them do so. Shah shares his thoughts on current news coverage of health care costs and offers some story ideas.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>A pilot-"cardiologist" is found to lack a medical degree, and more surprises from our Daily Briefing.</p>