Word: journalism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Disturbing as those stories were, their significance pales in comparison to a far less sensational piece published in the New England Journal of Medicine. A carefully conducted study found that doctors were 40% less likely to order sophisticated cardiac tests for women and blacks who complained about chest pain than for men and whites with identical symptoms. After subjecting the data to statistical tests to assure its reliability, the study's authors concluded that the disparity in what are literally life-and-death decisions about medical care was most likely due to unconscious biases about gender and race...
Three of the studies are scheduled to appear in the April 15 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, but have already been released on the Web at www.nejm.org The new recommendation does not apply to women whose cervical abnormalities are detected at the earliest stages and can be treated by hysterectomy or biopsy. And women who have finished radiation treatment should not go back for chemotherapy...
After turning away legions of reporters, Broaddrick decided to sit down for a taped interview with NBC's Lisa Myers on Jan. 20. The network's delay in airing it angered Broaddrick, so she turned to Journal editorial-board member Dorothy Rabinowitz to tell her story. NBC insists that it has not killed the story but is just trying to confirm Broaddrick's charges to its satisfaction. "The story is not dead," an NBC executive told TIME. "We're working it hard...
...swim practices, some parents find their own freedom limited by parental-supervision requirements. New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson has been vocal in his opposition to the graduated licensing bill making its way through that state's legislature. "[I] got my scooter license at 13," Johnson told the Albuquerque Journal. "I didn't want to be the guy that makes that harder for some kids." Safety officials have another worry: passenger and curfew restrictions--like well-intentioned seat-belt laws--are almost impossible to enforce...
Sources--Good News: MacArthur Foundation, New England Journal of Medicine (2/17/99); Bad News: Consumer Reports (3/99), American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons