Search Results for "alzheimer's hype"
The Best Foods for Thought, Literally
In one version of an online headline, WSJ.com trumpeted this as “The Diet That Saves The Brain.” That is simply unacceptable.
The Best Foods for Thought, Literally
Why you should be cautious of health claims based on animal and lab studies
If it were up to us, many health news stories involving medical studies on animals would come with this label: Why? Animal and lab studies are a far cry from research involving people. Very often, a treatment declared effective in a group of, say, mice, may be completely useless (and/or harmful) in people. Yet, too […]
12/28/2010A leading health policy issue for 2010-11: communicating tradeoffs in screening test decisions
One trend that stands out from 2010 is what I call screening madness. I’m referring specifically and solely to the promotion of screening tests outside the boundaries of evidence and to the emphasis only on the benefits of screening tests with concomitant downplaying or complete disregard for the harms of screening. Why is this a […]
9/17/2010Why did it take 5 weeks for the New York Times to correct its "100% accurate" Alzheimer's test assertion?
I have a lot of catching up to do after being in Europe for just 4 days. But I can’t let this one go by without comment. In fact, this issue was one of the first ones raised by German journalists I met with in Dortmund this week. Don’t think people around the world don’t […]
4 8/18/2010Hope vs. false hope/harm in news stories about Alzheimer's & ALS
All you have to do is use our search engine on HealthNewsReview.org to search for “Alzheimer’s” and you’ll get countless returns of stories and claims such as: Spinal-Fluid Test Is Found to Predict Alzheimer’s Drug for Immune Disorders Helps Alzheimer’s Miracle drug for Alzheimer’s patients A cocktail to remember? Nutrient elixir […]
12/29/2009Newspaper columns that evaluate the evidence in recent studies
Does smaller fingertip size explain why women have a finer sense of touch than men? Are men diagnosed with prostate cancer more likely than other men to die of a heart attack during the following year? Can probiotics help prevent the onset of Crohn’s disease? Maybe, according to recent studies. But Jeremy Singer-Vine’s Research Report […]
7/20/2008ABC proclaims a miracle
Journalistic hype of health news never stops. The latest: ABC News last week called the drug Dimebon a “miracle drug” for Alzheimer’s Disease on its website. It was tested in about 100 people. It was only tested against placebo, not head-to-head with any other existing Alzheimer’s treatment. ABC News didn’t interview the principal investigator in […]
