Last week many news organizations reported on research to find a blood test to help identify Alzheimer’s disease. We reviewed four stories on that research: • San Francisco Chronicle • ABC’s Good Morning America • ABC Evening News • CBS Evening News All four stories were rated as unsatisfactory for discussing the quality of the [...]
No Monday morning quarterbacking here. Just the usual reminder to journalists and consumers that – while in the opera, it ain’t over till the fat lady sings – in health care and medical research, exuberance over new ideas such as new drugs maybe ought to be restrained until long-term evidence is in. Pfizer’s announcement this [...]
The Chicago Tribune today has a good story about how annual medical checkups are overrated. As the story explains: That’s because there is scant scientific evidence showing that yearly checkups help prevent disease, death or disability for adults with no symptoms. Many tests and procedures performed during the visits have questionable value, experts say. When [...]
On this blog I have been remiss not to weigh in on the recent and ongoing debate over children’s health insurance and the SCHIP or State Children’s Health Insurance Program. Not surprisingly, some of the wittiest commentary has come from Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. Their segments within the past week should not be missed. [...]
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.
Our reviewers, including a leading women’s health clinician-researcher, felt this piece would have been benefited from more data and context.
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