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Reader’s Digest goes off the rails with ‘Doctor visits you need to make at every age’
Reader’s Digest proudly touts itself as one of the most trusted media brands. But can its more than 3 million subscribers – and 19.3 million readers – trust its recommendations about which screening tests they need as they move through the decades of their lives? There are a number of recommendations made in its recent […]
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Many journalists fail to question new Cancer Society colorectal cancer screening guidelines
The American Cancer Society (ACS) has updated its colorectal cancer screening guidelines, lowering the recommended age to start screening from 50 to 45. Many national outlets picked up the potentially practice-changing news with these headlines: CNN: Colon and rectal cancer screenings should start at 45, new guidelines say NBC: Colon cancer screening should start at […]
Marketing misfire on ‘spa-like’ 3D mammograms: Comfort appeal distracts from real concerns on screening, experts say
There’s a reason mammograms are the perfect fodder for female comedians. There is little merriment in having your breast manipulated onto a table and then squeezed between square metal plates. But it does make for a good joke. That 30-second window of discomfort is also a great marketing opportunity. Over the past few months we’ve […]
2017 year-ender: What I’ve learned from reading health news every morning
Each morning, I scan 26 news sites for stories that report on some claim of a health benefit by a specific intervention. I then compile a list of said stories, and email them to the HealthNewsReview.org team. By the end of this year, I may hit 1,000 articles. As a health care reporter, I have […]
Fecal transplant via a pill? Newsweek’s coverage points out possible selection bias of study participants
However, the story should have avoided using the word “cure” in the headline, since we don’t know the long-term results yet.
Fecal transplant via a pill? Newsweek’s coverage points out possible selection bias of study participants
HealthDay’s rehashed PR is hurting news consumers and journalism
On some days, half or more of the consumer news output of HealthDay, the health news wire service, consists of rewritten news releases that contain little if any original reporting. These stories are among the content that HealthDay says it licenses to “thousands of media companies, hospitals, managed care organizations, publishers, non-profits and government agencies.” […]
U.S. News compares accuracy of colon cancer screening tests, but what about costs?
Fecal stool tests can be a reasonable screening test for some people, as long as folks are made aware of the constraints that accompany these tests.
Fecal Occult Stool Tests for Colorectal Cancer Screening
NBC News doesn’t back away from shortcomings of new blood test for early cancer detection
It outlines some of the potential risks as well as the benefits of the proposed test, and adequately explains that it is not yet ready for prime time.
Blood Test Finds Cancer Before Symptoms Start
Medscape video series on colorectal cancer in young adults: Does it fear-monger?
It’s a video series that mostly features one doctor, from one cancer center, that seems to want to make one thing clear about colorectal cancer (CRC) in young people: “there’s a rising tide of young people … (in their) 20’s, 30’s .. with colon cancer” “since the mid 1990’s there’s been a sharp increase in […]
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News outlets sound alarm over ‘skyrocketing’ colon cancer in millennials. Is it a false alarm?
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and last week many twenty- and thirty-somethings were made aware that their risk for colon cancer is “rising sharply,” “surging,” “soaring,” and even “skyrocketing” – as various media outlets put it in their headlines. Washington Post: Colorectal cancer rates rising sharply among Gen X and millennials USA Today: Colon […]
No original reporting: Fox News story rehashes news release for story on autism and fecal transplants
This small study does not prove much except that more research is needed.
Fecal transplants may help children with autism, researchers claim
My top 3 takeaways from the health news stories we reviewed in 2016
This year, we reviewed nearly 200 health news stories using our 10-criteria system. Reminder: We don’t review every kind of health news story. We only review stories that include claims about interventions: treatments, tests, products or procedures. And we only review stories reported by the set list of news organizations that we review regularly. I joined the team […]
Five Star Friday: Vox, WSJ, NPR, USA Today, NY Times earn kudos
It’s been a while since we’ve shined a light on important work in health care journalism, including these two stories that earned a top 5-star rating from our reviewers. You Could Skip Your Colonoscopy If You’re Willing To Collect Your Poop by Vox’s Katherine Hobson. Excerpt from our review: “All too often, colonoscopy is promoted […]
Excellent job by FiveThirtyEight on why at-home colon cancer tests are a good screening option
This write-up provided an excellent assessment of the at-home screening options for colon cancer, and why they’re a safe alternative to colonoscopy.
You Could Skip Your Colonoscopy If You’re Willing To Collect Your Poop
Colon cancer screening news: HealthDay’s story missed opportunity to go beyond news release
HealthDay’s take on the U.S. Preventive Service Task Force’s colon cancer screening news last week would have been stronger if it had delved into specifics such as costs and risks.
