The Star Tribune newspaper finally – 10 days after I submitted it – published my op-ed piece countering a feature story entitled, How To Be A Screen Queen. I give the paper credit for publishing my response, although they edited my submission and did not share with me in advance what the final published version [...]
I’ve blogged earlier about something being smelly about the ENHANCE trial, comparing the cholesterol drug Zetia plus Zocor versus Zocor alone. This week, a commentary in the Journal of the American Medical Association addresses some of the stink. Excerpts: The unusual release on January 14, 2008, in the news media and on a drug company [...]
Dallas TV critic Ed Bark writes the latest chapter of an ever-thicker and ever-sicker story about TV stations selling “news” time to hospitals that want to look good on the air. As I’ve asked before, when is the Radio-Television News Directors Association going to step up and address this situation, which is addressed in its [...]
Ten days ago, the New York Times posted Tara Parker-Pope’s column, “No Answers for Men With Prostate Cancer.” It discussed the federal agency report that concluded that nobody can tell men with prostate cancer what type of treatment is most likely to save their lives – or that any treatment is better than doing nothing. [...]
It’s interesting to see the different interpretations, emphases, and headlines of different news organizations on the same story. The New York Times uses a headline, “Most Breast Cancer Sites Get It Right” over a story that begins: The Internet is filled with unreliable health information and bogus claims. But sites dedicated to breast cancer information [...]
A tip of the hat to KARE-11 TV (Minneapolis) reporter Rick Kupchella for the start of his ratings period series, “A Cure For Health Care?”. TV news across the country is a wasteland if you ‘re looking for serious health policy discussions. But in the past couple of years Kupchella has tackled some of the [...]
Last week the NBC Today Show presented a series it called “Mini Medical Miracles.� Were you waiting for news on cancer? Heart disease? Diabetes? Infectious diseases? Sorry. What you got was baldness, insomnia, dandruff and wrinkles. But NBC called the approaches “miracles� and “breakthroughs.� Man, that’s what we need is a good miracle for dandruff [...]
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.
We will not display your name or e-mail address on the site, nor will we share youre-mail address with any third parties.
For site updates and news from Gary, find us on Twitter:
HealthNewsReview: @HealthNewsRevu
Gary Schwitzer: @garyschwitzer
Copyright © 2012 Health News Review
