Categories: Independent research center news release

3/15/2018

Can bone density scans help assess cardiovascular risk? More details needed in news release

10/17/2017

Announcement on phase 1 leprosy vaccine trial suffers from hyperbole, lack of evidence

5/31/2017

‘Magical’ with ‘superpowers’? This drug to fight antibiotic-resistant infection hasn’t been tested in animals or humans yet.

3/30/2017

Fred Hutch oversells benefit of new fast-tracked drug for rare skin cancer

2 6/21/2016

It’s never OK to use ‘holy grail of breast cancer prevention’ when talking about pre-clinical animal study

6/3/2016

Overly enthusiastic PR release claims breast cancer prevention is “within reach” based on animal, cell culture studies

3/21/2016

News release makes claims about ketamine for depression based on thin evidence

3/15/2016

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

1 1/29/2016

Recycled PR release doesn’t tell us anything new about garlic

1/26/2016

Possible new Parkinson’s drug — Novel: Yes. “Breakthrough”: No.

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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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