Laura Newman
I am a medical journalist and blogger. My stories have appeared in peer-reviewed journals and on the web. In Patient POV, I strive to bring the same rigor to telling stories about patients that I have shown in my previous work, which has featured research scientists and physicians.
Laura can be found on Twitter as @lauranewmanny.
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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Today is National Take Back Your
Unused or Expired Drugs Day: Don’t Miss It
Tweet It’s not too late to clean your medicine cabinet out and take your unused prescription drugs out to a designated location. You have until 2 pm in New York City to bring your medications in. Check for the nearest … Continue reading
What’s the Patient Got to Do with It?
Tweet Here we are discussing the prostate cancer screening guidelines, but what bothers me is that the patient is brought in as a footnote at the end of the analysis. I find it really dispiriting that there is so much … Continue reading
On the Urology Workforce, Targeted Screening,
And the US Preventive Services Task Force
Tweet It is abundantly clear that the US Preventive Services Task Force Draft Guidelines on Prostate Cancer Screening will not be welcome news to many urologists. I have attended numerous annual meetings of the American Urological Association, the physician organization … Continue reading
Posted in Physician shortage
Tagged draft recommendations, prostate cancer, PSA, targeted screening
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With Breast Cancer Awareness Overexposed, Hard to See Many Patients Want Science, Not Pink
Tweet Nothing has me making a beeline for the exit more than disease awareness events– and when it comes to Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the sheer overexposure of the disease makes me yearn to cover anything but it. I know … Continue reading