by Alison Bass | Jan 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
On Wednesday, Jan. 19, I’m moderating a panel on blogging about health and science, sponsored by the New England Science Writers. We are fortunate to have attracted some top-notch bloggers, including Gary Schwitzer, whose HealthNewsReview blog was named the best...
by Alison Bass | Jan 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
For weeks now, The Boston Globe has been running stories about Sanofi Aventi’s hostile bid to acquire Genzyme, the Boston-based biotech giant. One recent story talked about how the CEOs of both companies attended the same conference in San Francisco without...
by Alison Bass | Jan 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
Just last night, a friend of mine mentioned that an acquaintance of hers, a woman in her 50s who was taking prescription drugs for several conditions including diabetes and high blood pressure, died from an overdose of legally prescribed drugs. Which is why I was not...
by Alison Bass | Dec 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
Over the past two years there has been a steady diet of books and media reports about the disturbing influence the pharmaceutical industry has on medical research and doctors’ prescribing patterns. Not a week goes by without a new report on the marketing muscle...
by Alison Bass | Dec 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
At the risk of tooting my own horn, I thought I’d post this video that was produced by Mount Holyoke College about the multimedia journalism class I teach there and our collaboration with the local newspaper, The Daily Hampshire Gazette. The video talks about...
