Veteran reporter Richard Knox, with a next-day folo, delivers the best analysis we’ve seen or heard yet on the National Lung Screening Trial, which reports a benefit from CT scan screening of current and former heavy smokers. (Please note: in our systematic reviews on HealthNewsReview.org, we reviewed four print stories. See reviews of the AP, [...]
Better than a competing piece by Reuters but still a little short on some details about this asthma drug study.
An adequate summary of this asthma drug trial’s design doesn’t make up for the overly optimistic tone about the drug’s future. A New York Times story was better.
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.
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