Insights

<p>A patient wants a friendly doctor, but not too friendly. So what's a patient to do when her doctor asks her to a football game — or for a loan?</p>

<p>Health Care Brands president Dr. Jason Schiffman works at the intersections of psychiatry, consumer information, business and online health care. And he's happy to be there.</p>

<p>Say goodbye to your Primatene Mist, more health insurance coverage for young adults, good news for children's health and more in our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Who's interested in opening a new community health clinic in your area? An obscure list of new health reform grants to more than 100 nonprofits around the nation offers some clues. This is a great way to report on health reform's rollout locally.</p>

<p>After Michele Bachmann's ill-advised comments on the cervical cancer vaccine, here are some suggestions for covering vaccines. At the top of the list: stop quoting celebrities.</p>

<p>Brutal conditions send Amazon warehouse workers to ER, linking diabetes and dementia, Michelle Bachmann's vaccine damage and more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Falsified nursing home records, the links between animal and human health, and a faltering whooping cough vaccine, plus more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press today published the 6th Edition of its Open Government Guide, a comprehensive overview of open records and open meetings laws in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.</p>

<p>Let's stand up publicly to support patient safety and Alan Bavley, the <em>Kansas City Star</em> reporter whose coverage of medical malpractice caused federal health officials to remove a public doctors database and threaten Bavley with fines.</p>

<p>Normally I would salivate over a workshop titled "Let Me Be Clear: Science Journalism in the Age of the Genome and Twitter." But then my building excitement and anticipation was doused by a real buzz kill in the middle of the sponsor logos.</p>