Category: Screening

6/26/2021

“Blood test finds 50 types of cancer” – we’ve been down this path before

4/16/2020

‘Love your lungs’? Exaggerated screening claims seem more out of step than ever

11/5/2019

Breast center marketing pitch via reporter’s live-streamed mammogram was a bad idea

5/21/2019

What you need to know about hospitals nationwide promoting free hernia screenings

11/14/2018

With free brain tumor screening, the road to early detection may be filled with potholes

11/9/2018

5-Star Friday: Simplicity

10/31/2018

Podcast: The polluted stream of health care information

10/16/2018

These prostate cancer screening campaigns are giving men the finger

2 9/6/2018

Why one woman’s emotional plea for early colon cancer screening may harm instead of help

8/30/2018

More prizes for prostates: Tulane promotes PSA testing with football memorabilia, photo-ops

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Monday at #ADA2021, an infectious disease epidemiologist, a journalist, and a researcher shared perspectives on communication of risk in the era of COVID-19: http://ow.ly/ROfR30rMeE7 @AstleyCM @garyschwitzer @berthahidalgo @ADA_DiabetesPro

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Shoutouts to @susan_bewley @drkevinknopf @MichaelBaum11 in this call for more than fawning coverage from press releases for these kinds of stories.

Also, linked history inside goes back 5 years just on Grail apparently trying to become Holy Grail. https://twitter.com/garyschwitzer/status/1408849696416841731

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Here we go again w/more news about “Blood test finds 50 types of cancer.” And here we see again what’s missing from most such news stories. https://www.healthnewsreview.org/2021/06/blood-test-finds-50-types-of-cancer-weve-been-down-this-path-before/

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