No surprise. Just another terrible example of the one-sided – potentially harmful – information often disseminated on the network TV morning programs. See the latest review of the CBS Early Show on HealthNewsReview.org It wraps up a very good week for former tennis star John McEnroe. But not so good for men who may have [...]
Dr. Len’s Cancer Blog, written by Dr. Len Lichtenfeld, Deputy Chief Medical Officer of the American Cancer Society, offers a terrific example of how to scrutinize confidence intervals in a study. He commented on a study that got a lot of news coverage – suggesting that women with breast cancer who took tamoxifen had 440% [...]
His new book, “The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care,” was published this week. But this myth column was published in the Washington Post on Sunday. Here’s the tease of the five myths. Read the full article to see how he backs up each of the five. 1. [...]
Are there any wrinkles left in the U.S. anymore after all of the wrinkle treatments hyped by the TV network morning shows? Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy The NBC Today Show is the latest that we reviewed on HealthNewsReview.org. Excerpt: This report once again puts a spotlight on [...]
Media observer Howard Kurtz threw a big softball to his frequent guest Jeff Jarvis on his CNN “Reliable Sources” program last weekend when he had the author-blogger-prof come on to talk about his recent blogging about his prostate cancer. Kurtz allowed Jarvis – unchallenged – to say “If just one person gets the PSA test [...]
Larry King Live presented a prostate cancer awareness program Friday night that did a terrific job of informing men about prostate cancer screening and treatment. Unfortunately, it didn’t discuss any of the evidence that would make men think twice about prostate cancer screening or treatment. So it became another celebrity-filled promotion that was woefully lacking [...]
Three top-rated five-star stories were reviewed on HealthNewsReview.org late last week – a rare occurence. Rarer still, two were network TV stories (CBS Evening News and ABC World News)- both on a published study on the HPV vaccine Gardasil’s safety. Both stories mentioned aggressive marketing techniques by the manufacturer Merck such as paying medical societies [...]
As our review on HealthNewsReview.org said… The story noted that people should make vaccination decisions with good information. Unfortunately it didn’t provide much. A confusing jumble lacking appropriate context.
Start lining up the awards for the series on conflict of interest published by the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel this year. Excerpts of the latest: “As fears were growing about the link between hormone therapy and breast cancer, a drug company paid the University of Wisconsin to sponsor ghostwritten medical education articles that downplayed the risks, records [...]
Registered dietitian Rebecca Scritchfield blogs about “The Price of Misinformation in the Media.” She writes: Bottom line: ANYONE can call themselves a nutritionist. You can. Your grandma can. President Obama can. When a person calls themselves a nutritionist with no formal or accredited training and spreads misinformation on television, everybody loses. She also gives a [...]
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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