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Fox News falls into ethical morass on Zika birth story
Recently Fox News broke the story of a newborn affected by the Zika virus in Hackensack, New Jersey. Fox News got an exclusive video interview with the baby’s mother. Oh, did we mention that Fox News Health Senior Managing Editor Dr. Manny Alvarez was helping to care for the mother? Though the central players are […]
10/2/2014More conflicted, imbalanced prostate information from FOX News
Conflicted and imbalanced because they let Dr. David Samadi, who runs a robotic surgery center in New York, be the unchallenged expert about “raising awareness for prostate cancer.” In fact, they let the self-promotional Samadi get away with promoting the #SamadiChallenge – which, if you use that on Twitter, will eat up 16 of your […]
6 4/17/2012Fox News’ robotic surgeon medical news contributor
Fox News uses Dr. David Samadi, a New York urologist and “Chief of Robotics” at his NY hospital, as a “medical contributor.” We’ve seen and heard him promote his pet approaches in the past. He did it again this past Sunday, touting his own favorite approach over another approach known as the Cyberknife, along with […]
2 2/9/2011Why would the Wall Street Journal post this Fox News video on coffee as cure & killer?
A “Nature’s Medicine Cabinet” video – courtesy of Fox News, was posted on the Wall Street Journal’s website last week. The one-minute clip flew by – but packed with a boatload of misinformation. Excerpts: “Coffee helps reduce the risk of Parkinson’s Disease.” “It radically reduces the risk of colon and rectal cancer” Those […]
6/1/2010Fox News posts story making preposterous claim about breast cancer
We’ve seen a lot of bad health news stories, but this is one of the worst: Fox News posted a story under the headline, “U.S.-Developed Vaccine ‘Could Eliminate’ Breast Cancer.” The story states the vaccine “could prevent breast cancer and save the lives of millions of women.” Then it goes on to explain this was […]
3/3/2010Fox News contributor has conflict of interest on prostate CA screening discussion
Here’s another problem with the practice of TV networks using physician “contributors” to comment on health care news. They may have a clear conflict of interest that is not addressed. When the American Cancer Society released its updated guidelines on prostate cancer screening today, Fox News reported: “Dr. David Samadi, a Fox News contributor and […]
2/2/2015Another egregious conflict of interest in Fox Health News
On the FoxNews.com/health web page today is a piece (I won’t call it a story; it’s more like an ad) by Dr. Jennifer Landa, “Ending the multivitamin debate: Why taking one may actually save your life.” Oh, my, there’s a lot we could say about this piece. And we will, since I’m going to blog […]
6/27/2011Health news “infoxication” – info fatigue syndrome – not just a US phenomenon: reflections on European health journalism conference
I’m back from London and Coventry, where Coventry University and the Association of Health Care Journalists (and others) hosted a European health journalism conference last week, which Professor John Lister of Coventry U. called a first of its kind event. About 70 people from 12 European countries attended. It quickly became evident how large is […]
Zombie health care news
Although I am advancing rapidly into almost complete retirement, there are some days/weeks when I can’t refrain from pointing out some of the troubling health care news I see. This is one such week. First, the COVID zombie news My local Star Tribune newspaper delivered this front page news: University of Minnesota, Mayo report COVID-fighting success […]
Transparency by drug companies, scrutiny by journalists, vital in vaccine news
Pfizer’s chairman and CEO proclaimed in a Pfizer company news release: “Today is a great day for science and humanity.” In that PR news release – but only in that format – Pfizer announced early results of “a vaccine efficacy rate above 90%, at 7 days after the second dose.” That’s about all we know […]
Thanks for missing HealthNewsReview.org, but it’s still here
I am touched, and I chuckle, when an occasional follower on Twitter writes, “Oh, how I miss HealthNewsReview.org!” Or I’ll read, “We need HealthNewsReview.org now more than ever.” The fact is that these readers are usually reacting to something just published on HealthNewsReview.org, which is still alive. I think I know, though, what followers mean […]
Slow down your giddyup on Gilead news
This is what STAT reported in what they labeled an “Exclusive” last evening. Early peek at data on Gilead coronavirus drug suggests patients are responding to treatment Other news organizations played copycat, adding caveats Fox News picked up on the STAT story, but added its own caveats: “Partial data from an ongoing clinical trial […]
Strong caveats are lacking as news stories trumpet preliminary COVID-19 research
For years medical researchers held off while scientists in other fields embraced online platforms for posting rough drafts of manuscripts, known as preprints. Those websites accelerate basic science by allowing researchers to disseminate findings and get feedback on their work before submitting them to a traditional journal. Some argue that such rapid data sharing is […]
Alex Trebek’s ‘near remission’ story serves as a reminder: Beware celebrity health news
In People magazine’s latest cover story, Alex Trebek said his advanced pancreatic cancer is in “near remission.” People portrayed this as a dramatic turnaround: When Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer three months ago, fans were shocked. But now the beloved Trebek has good news to share: He’s in “near […]
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A final HealthNewsReview.org report card from 3,200+ systematic reviews of health care news stories & PR releases
In 2005, as I began building HealthNewsReview.org, I got permission from Dr. David Henry of the Media Doctor Australia project to adopt their news story review criteria. In the ensuing 13 years, no one has ever placed in front of me a solid, specific suggestion for a better set of criteria for reviewing stories about […]
