Insights

<p>The ReportingonHealth community been busy this year. For your holiday reading, here's a sampling of work that members have been most proud of in 2010.</p>

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

<p>Last week, I started listing Antidote’s 10 favorite stories of the past year, in no particular order. Here is the rest of the list.</p> <p>“<a href="http://www.propublica.org/topic/diagnosing-dialysis">Dialysis: High Costs and Hidden Perils of a Treatment Guaranteed to All</a>,” Robin Fields, <em>ProPublica</em>, November 2010</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><strong>Plagiarism, psych wards and physician payments: Antidote’s favorite health stories of 2010</strong></p> <p>It’s time again for <em>Antidote </em>to list, in no particular order, my favorite health stories from the year. The first five are below. The next five will be posted later in the week.</p> <p>“<a href="http://www.baycitizen.org/health/story/napa-state-hospitals-grisly-insi… State Hospital's Grisly Inside Story</a>,” Katharine Mieszkowski, <em>The Bay Citizen, </em>December 2010</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>State medical boards are Ellis Islands for doctors. Doctors licensed in another state or fresh out of medical school have to pass muster with the board before being allowed to see patients in that state. If they have a history of problems in other states, the medical board can tell them to look for work elsewhere. One of the most common reasons states cite for disciplining a doctor, in Antidote’s experience, is discipline by another state.</p>

<p>This week, Schorr talks with <em>Career GPS</em> about his sustainable model for getting in-depth health information to the people who need it and explains why you don't have to work for traditional media outlets to do good work.</p>