M. Alexander Otto began his reporting career early in 1999 covering the pharmaceutical industry for a national pharmacists' magazine and freelancing for the Washington Post and other newspapers. He then joined BNA, now part of Bloomberg News, covering health law and the protection of people and animals in medical research. Alex next worked for the McClatchy Company. Based on his work, Alex won a year-long Knight Science Journalism Fellowship to MIT in 2008-2009. He joined the company shortly thereafter. Alex has a newspaper journalism degree from Syracuse (N.Y.) University and a master's degree in medical science -- a physician assistant degree -- from George Washington University. Alex is based in Seattle.
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Ethylbenzene, Trichloroethylene Exposure Linked to Heart Disease in Newborns
- Author:
- M. Alexander Otto
Major Finding: Ethylbenzene exposure during pregnancy is associated with a fourfold increase in congenital heart disease risk in white infants, a...
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ED Telepsychiatry Cuts Admissions, Saves Money at South Carolina Hospitals
- Author:
- M. Alexander Otto
Major Finding: Telepsychiatry consults reduced hospital admissions for mental health patients from about 12% to 8% at 25 hospitals in South...
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ED Telepsychiatry Cuts Admissions, Saves Money at South Carolina Hospitals
- Author:
- M. Alexander Otto
Major Finding: Telepsychiatry consults reduced hospital admissions for mental health patients from about 12% to 8% at 25 hospitals in South...
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ED Telepsychiatry Cuts Admissions, Saves Money at South Carolina Hospitals
- Author:
- M. Alexander Otto
Major Finding: Telepsychiatry consults reduced hospital admissions for mental health patients from about 12% to 8% at 25 hospitals in South...
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ED Telepsychiatry Cuts Admissions, Saves Money at South Carolina Hospitals
- Author:
- M. Alexander Otto
Major Finding: Telepsychiatry consults reduced hospital admissions for mental health patients from about 12% to 8% at 25 hospitals in South...
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Parents’ Reports on Inhaler Use by Asthmatic Children May Be Inaccurate
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- M. Alexander Otto
Major Finding: Over the course of a month, 16 of 40 parents (40%) said they gave their asthmatic children two inhaled corticosteroid puffs twice a...
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Screening of Florida Teens Finds Hypertension, Obesity, Abnormal ECGs
- Author:
- M. Alexander Otto
Major Finding: A screening of outwardly healthy high school students found that 12% had borderline ECGs and 2% had abnormal ECGs.
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Screening of Florida Teens Finds Hypertension, Obesity, Abnormal ECGs
- Author:
- M. Alexander Otto
Major Finding: A screening of outwardly healthy high school students found that 12% had borderline ECGs and 2% had abnormal ECGs.
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Ziprasidone Less Effective for Bipolar Patients With Elevated BMI
- Author:
- M. Alexander Otto
Major Finding: Patients with body mass indexes below 28.8 kg/m2 were about twice as likely to respond to ziprasidone or to go into remission than...
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Ziprasidone Less Effective for Bipolar Patients With Elevated BMI
- Author:
- M. Alexander Otto
Major Finding: Patients with body mass indexes below 28.8 kg/m2 were about twice as likely to respond to ziprasidone or to go into remission than...
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Ziprasidone Less Effective for Bipolar Patients With Elevated BMI
- Author:
- M. Alexander Otto
Major Finding: Patients with body mass indexes below 28.8 kg/m2 were about twice as likely to respond to ziprasidone or to go into remission than...
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Economic Distress, Suicide Rates in Japan Could Be Harbinger for U.S.
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- M. Alexander Otto
Major Finding: Unemployment was the leading socioeconomic factor underlying a marked increase in suicides in Japan during the country’s economic...
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Economic Distress, Suicide Rates in Japan Could Be Harbinger for U.S.
- Author:
- M. Alexander Otto
Major Finding: Unemployment was the leading socioeconomic factor underlying a marked increase in suicides in Japan during the country’s economic...
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New-Onset Psychosis Linked to Use of Fake Pot
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- M. Alexander Otto
Major Finding: Seven patients recovered from synthetic marijuana–induced psychosis within 8 days; three others still have symptoms after 5 months...
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New-Onset Psychosis Linked to Use of Fake Pot
- Author:
- M. Alexander Otto
Major Finding: Seven patients recovered from synthetic marijuana–induced psychosis within 8 days; three others still have symptoms after 5 months...