Insights

<p>Learn the promises and pitfalls of using hospital safety data in your reporting in this Q&amp;A with Kaiser Health News' Jordan Rau.</p>

<p>A victory for anti-smoking advocates, revving up for the Supremes and health reform, and silence on cancer clusters in Illinois, plus more from our Top 5 Today news roundup.</p>

<p>Continued miscommunication about findings from observational studies is drawing continued criticism from a growing number of observers. Journalists: observe and learn.</p>

<p>Journalist Rebecca Plevin reports on the kind of teen pregnancy success story we don't hear enough of.</p>

<p>Coca-Cola says it doesn't market to kids under 12. The Prevention Institute is skeptical. Here's why.</p>

<p>Last week in Austin, TX was an amazing time at South by Southwest (SXSW). Apart from catching up with colleagues and friends that I don't usually get to see on a regular basis, I just felt more apart of the "what's around the corner" vibe that originally brought me to the event. This was partly due to the fact that I had a great time during my panel session and meeting great people interested in taking innovative concepts from the developing world and making them useful as solutions here in the States (reverse innovation).</p>

<p>She asked what the milk was for. I proudly told her my brand new resolution as an immigrant intent on assimilation - to learn to like milk and cheese. How one health researcher learned firsthand about the "immigrant paradox."</p>

<p>I had no idea how soon I’d be back to the Texas-Mexico border, back to the colonias, and back in <em>The New York Times</em> -- on an entirely different health-related story.</p>

<p>Why did Catholic bishops pressure the Komen Foundation to withdraw financial support from Planned Parenthood? One investigative reporter has the answers.</p>

<p>When controversial bioethicist Glenn McGee quit his job as chief ethics advisor to Houston-based Celltex Therapeutics in February, the controversy over the company was on the verge of dying down. Until Celltex threatened a major public university and the very concept of free speech.</p>