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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Tag Archives: USPSTF
What’s Next for Prostate Cancer Screening and Treatment?
Tweet Complex medical stories require time and energy to tell, talk about, and think about. When stories involve yanking a test or practice that is widely used, all hell breaks lose. That’s why I am grateful to appear today on … Continue reading
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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When Colorectal Cancer Screening is Too Much, Too Frequent, or Not Enough
Tweet No other disease advocacy group has built as effective an awareness campaign as the cancer societies. It has helped to build support for prevention, research, and treatments, but I wonder whether excess awareness could be contributing to the overuse … Continue reading