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The week ending Oct. 3, 2008, was relatively slow for medical news, but crammed with news of every other sort. This week’s interview features Michael Hochman, a third-year resident in internal medicine who has just published a paper on how the media cover research on new drugs. It seems they don’t make a habit of reporting funding sources. Journal Watch links: AHA Recommends Screening Patients with Coronary Heart Disease for Depression News Media Coverage of Drug Trials Faulted Journal links: Circulation article on screening Simple screening questionnaire Interview links: JAMA abstract Science link: Scientific illustration The post Podcast 14: News roundup and interview with Dr. Michael Hochman about his JAMA paper on how the news media cover drug research. first appeared on Clinical Conversations.