Categories: Weight loss

1/18/2018

Recap of study on weight-loss surgery strengthened by transparency on limitations

10/10/2017

‘In mice’ missing from headline touting black tea weight loss benefits

9/22/2016

Even when a release is touting a new dosing formula of an old drug, readers still need evidence

7/8/2016

Key ingredients missing in release on a dietary supplement that curbs cravings

5/2/2016

Best antidepressant for overweight people? Release makes partial case

2 3/25/2016

Exaggeration found in PR release claim that anyone can “reverse” their Type 2 diabetes

1 12/17/2015

Edelman release goes pear-shaped on fiber and weight loss study

11/16/2015

Society news release touts benefits of gastric balloon in a pill — but downplays harms and limited evidence

11/11/2015

Bariatric surgery may ease psoriasis symptoms, or it may not

11/6/2015

NIH release on brain stimulation for obesity: Too brief, too little impact, too early

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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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