AdAge.com is the latest publication to report that Michael Moore’s pending documentary on the health care industry has industry execs rattled. AdAge.com reports that drug company execs have told their employees not to talk with Moore. Quotes in the article: “A review of America’s health-care system should be balanced, thoughtful and well-researched to pin down [...]
I watched the 6 o’clock TV news on the 3 leading Twin Cities TV stations last night and I give them all an F on covering the President’s visit to the area. Were issues covered? No. He met with a health care panel and signed an executive order to make more health care cost and [...]
“An apple (or two) a day may help keep Alzheimer’s away — and fight the effects of aging on the brain,” according to a story posted on WebMD. The story should have said clearly, boldly and early: “IF YOU ARE A MOUSE.” But the story, reporting on a study funded by the U.S. Apple Association [...]
Monday’s Minneapolis Star Tribune had two stories that wore the pom-poms of cheerleading better than the ink-stained wretchedness of good journalism. Back in February, the Star Tribune was among the local Minneapolis-Saint Paul media that hyped an announcement of the reversal of diabetes in a few monkeys over a short term by transplanting insulin-producing cells [...]
We look for more critical analysis of FDA expedited approval of a new drug like this.
Five-star story on small study that tries to counter large body of evidence on soy supplements for hot flashes.
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