Dr. Kent Bottles is in the midst of a very thoughtful multi-part blog post under the heading, “The Difficult Science Behind Becoming a Savvy Healthcare Consumer.” Part I examined “the limitations of science in helping us make wise choices and decisions about our health.” Part II explores “how we all have to change if we [...]
American Cancer Society chief medical officer Dr. Otis Brawley has gone on the web with two recent videos on screening issues. His latest is on the continuing discussion about mammography recommendations for women in their 40s. The video appears on the CNN website. Dr. Brawley is an effective communicator. His mammography message in this clip [...]
Interesting piece by Elizabeth Cooney in the Boston Globe, “TMI! – Too much information? Chat rooms, infomercials, tweeting: Young women face new challenges in search for solid answers about their health.” Interesting sidebar: Top 10 questions from young women Dr. Hope Ricciotti, gynecologist-obstetrician, says these are among the most frequent queries she gets from her [...]
All you have to do is use our search engine on HealthNewsReview.org to search for “Alzheimer’s” and you’ll get countless returns of stories and claims such as: • Spinal-Fluid Test Is Found to Predict Alzheimer’s • Drug for Immune Disorders Helps Alzheimer’s • Miracle drug for Alzheimer’s patients • A cocktail to remember? Nutrient elixir [...]
A well-intentioned ad campaign run by the American Cancer Society is too vague, and, therefore, may leave impressions that are imbalanced, incomplete and unsubstantiated – the kind of common tactic seen in many drug company ads. That’s my opinion based on my analysis of the ad and based on my reading of the text. A [...]
Important piece by NPR’s Richard Knox, “Offshore Stem Cell Clinics Sell Hope, Not Science.” Read by following the link, or listen:
People are not dumb. Even if – or maybe especially if – news stories don’t point out the limitations of observational studies and the fact that they can’t establish cause-and-effect, many readers seem to get it. Here are some of the online user comments in response to a CNN.com story that is headlined, “Coffee may [...]
The Project for Excellence in Journalism has published an analysis of news covergae of the health care reform debate from June 2009 through March 2010. If you care about such stuff as much as we do, you should read the full report. But here’s a key excerpt from their conclusion: “No one lavished more attention [...]
E-patient Dave (Dave deBronkart, diagnosed two years ago with stage 4 kidney cancer), blogs today under the headline, “e-Patients and doctors both, wise up. If you haven’t already.” If you don’t know about Dave, you should. He’s one of the hottest speakers at health care meetings these days. He begins today’s blog: “I’ve only been [...]
Who eats just six chips? That’s one of the questions William Neuman asks in a video on the New York Times website, “Serving Size Sleight of Hand.” He also explores how these serving sizes ever came to be set as they have been – finding that the answer goes back to consumer surveys of 30-40 [...]
This story focuses on a family that may have a rare genetic mutation that increases their risk of heart disease. Unfortunately, the “rare” part wasn’t mentioned until 1,600 words into this 2,100 word story.
While this story adequately addressed 7 of our 10 criteria, the 3 on which it missed were significant omissions, yet could have been easily addressed.
Solid medical conference reporting, with many expert interviews and good context provided. Goes far beyond the conference presentation itself.
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