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Choose your poison: arsenic, mustard gas or tanning beds

By Khadija Ghani, Loyola University of Chicago United States

Experts at the International Agency for Research on Cancer likens the risk of cancer from tanning beds to be as dange...(Read)

Published July 31, 2009

Mobile healthcare

By Khadija Ghani, Loyola University of Chicago United States

Health care researchers have developed a new attachment for mobile phones to add to a growing list of cell phone feat...(Read)

Published July 24, 2009

A night for henna

By Khadija Ghani, Loyola University of Chicago United States

Of the pre-wedding rituals in Pakistani and Indian weddings, the mehndi is often the most important, and the move fun. (Read)

Published July 17, 2009

Iraqi Youth Respond to American Withdrawal

By Khadija Ghani, Loyola University of Chicago United States

Iraqi Youth refelct on what American troop withdrawal means for their future. (Read)

Published July 03, 2009

Christmas Lights in July

By Khadija Ghani, Loyola University of Chicago United States

Putting up Christmas lights to celebrate my sister's wedding as part of South Asian wedding customs(Read)

Published June 25, 2009

Recent Comments on Khadija's stories

Harumi Gondo commented on "Choose your poison: arsenic, mustard gas or tanning beds" (7 months ago)

Thanks for highlighting such an important issue. Interviewing tanning bed users would have enriched your story. How are regular tanners reacting? Do they care?

Ted Iliff commented on "Choose your poison: arsenic, mustard gas or tanning beds" (7 months ago)

Writing about scientific studies, and statistics in general, can be tricky. This story fell into a common trap regarding percentages. The story says "the risk of skin cancer is 75 percent for tanning bed users under the age of 30." But UPI Executive Editor John Hendel caught this mistake. A check of the actual study says the risk of skin cancer INCREASES BY 75 PERCENT. That's an important difference, and a journalist summarizing any statistical information should always double-check the wording to make sure it's clearly and accurately reproduced in the story.

Another point relates to the realities of the news business. This story uses a quote from the Associated Press. UPI is in effect a competitor of AP and never uses information from that source. A little searching found the association's Web site, and the same quote was available for direct attribution.