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.
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How Buffett’s Cancer is Shaping National Dialogue on Science Friday Today
Tweet I will be on Science Friday today, sometime between 3:30 and 4:00 PM EST, with Ira Flatow. In New York, it will be on WNYC, on KQED in San Francisco at their time for the show (a three-hour time … Continue reading
Posted in Prostate Cancer, Treatment decisions
Tagged active surveillance, KQED, men's health, radiation therapy, Science Friday, USPSTF, Warren Buffett, WNYC
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