Categories: Alzheimer's disease

6/14/2018

No, an asthma drug tested in mice does not bring ‘new hope’ for Alzheimer’s patients, at least not yet

2 3/28/2018

‘Daily ibuprofen can prevent Alzheimer’s disease’ and other unproven claims by Canadian neuroscientist

8/24/2017

Retinal imaging detects biomarker for Alzheimer’s: Novel yes, but practical?

1 10/28/2016

Alzheimer’s drug study missed the primary endpoint; PR release touts benefits anyway

8/8/2016

News release on biochip blood test for Alzheimer’s risk oversells its practicality for patients

7/21/2016

Mayo release touts estrogen patch for reducing Alzheimer’s. But the study looked only at a risk marker.

1 6/22/2016

PR release claiming memory loss reversal in Alzheimer’s disease impaired by study limitations, imprecise language

3/15/2016

Nutritional drink to protect memory in ‘early Alzheimer’s’? Release takes us for a spin

3/4/2016

Serious harms from deep brain stimulation completely ignored in PR release

2/25/2016

Can an Alzheimer’s drug help you quit smoking? Penn PR release nicely frames very early research

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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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