Insights

<p>An American doctor visiting Haiti on a medical mission assesses diabetes care in the still-ravaged country.&nbsp;</p>

<p>This week, the Prostate Cancer Foundation seeks a seasoned health media professional to cover global research projects and industry news. Also, be sure to apply for the Health Care Research and Journalism Awards by this weekend.</p>

<p>Because, in a nutshell, we find them all the same way – online.&nbsp; We don’t get ink on our fingers by reading a dozen or more newspapers every day.&nbsp; We – like an increasing number of people around the world – get our news online where blogs look just like stories from the newspaper, where business of health stories pop up just as consumer health stories pop up, where no caveats or mastheads appear saying:</p>

<p>Did a Los Angeles hospital dump a schizophrenic patient onto Skid Row, as his wife claims? Or did the hospital merely "drop him off" at a halfway house?</p>

<p>How good health and science journalism gets mangled by women's magazines: an explanation by a freelance journalist who's been there.</p>

<p>There is still much work to be done before we in Washington state can remove ourselves from the list of worst states for prescription drug deaths.</p>

<p>Should communities push local restaurants toward offering healthier foods? A new report offers some resources and ideas for your reporting.</p>

<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>