Posted by Gary Schwitzer in Cancer, Consumer anger/confusion, Health care journalism, Screening
More on the reactions to the US Preventive Services Task Force mammography recommendations. Susan Perry writes on MinnPost.com about:
“… the rampant, breathless fear-mongering rhetoric that has framed much of the media’s response to the recommendations. …
On ABC’s daytime talk show “The View,” co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck made the stunning claim that the recommendations were “gender genocide.”
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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