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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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More for milk debates: "Switching to skim #milk may slow biological aging" https://upi.com/6975065t via @upi cc @garyschwitzer @joansalgeblake

"We can't say that this was caused by milk fat." As is often the case with nutrition studies: correlation ≠ causation.

#RelaxDammit

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How easy it is to be misled by Medicare Advantage marketing. With story ideas for health care journalists. HT @CMAorg. https://www.healthnewsreview.org/2020/01/how-easy-it-is-to-be-misled-by-medicare-advantage-marketing/

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CharlesLCarter3CharlesLCarter@CharlesLCarter3·

@HealthNewsRevu @mcjaklevic HealthNewsReview once again revealing hype that far outstrips reality. I suspect that one day, AI will meaningfully contribute to good patient care. Whether that's in 10 years or 100, I couldn't say. What is clear is that we ain't there yet.

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