Insights

<p>Identity theft fighters want faster ways to see whether a person is stealing someone else’s persona. Could digital death certificates — searchable by the public and by journalists — be of help?</p>

<p>The Planned Parenthood controversy claims a Komen exec, "junk" mini-med health insurance plans and a birth control vending machine, plus more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>It would be interesting to see exactly what evidence finally tipped the scales at Allergan. Why did the Lap-Band maker finally stop selling its product to doctors participating in the aggressively marketed 800-GET-THIN weight loss surgery campaign?</p>

<p>Over a year ago, based on the history of Puerto Rico's Health Reform that started on 1993, many people started to wander if the enrollees of this system were healthier or sicker than years ago, when they had no medical coverage. To find out, a keypoint was to measure if they were getting the medical preventive services they needed to, for example, have an earlier diagnosis and a better treatment for the medical conditions they may develop. That was what my National Health Journalism Fellowship was about and what I intended to find out.</p>

<p>EPA's Jared Blumenfeld brings a little hope and money to San Joaquin Valley.</p>

<p>Komen Foundation's bad PR week, raw milk sickens 35, and a surprising health effect of digging in the sand on the beach, plus more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Online review sites should not be a forum for falsehoods, but defamation suits against patients who post legitimate critiques of medical services are a threat to free speech and a threat to safe medicine. Here's a case in point.</p>

<p>There's still time to apply for the Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism; send your applications in by today. Also, check out the latest job openings for editors and writers for various publications and medical organizations.</p>

<p>Go beyond event listings and corporate tie-ins to do substantial reporting on women's heart health this month. Here are some ideas to get you started.</p>