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Categories: Depression

7/12/2018

Genetic testing to guide antidepressant choices: Big news coverage, but limited evidence

2/23/2018

Newsweek headline overreaches with assertion that “many more” should take antidepressants

1 10/21/2016

Are expensive, potent anti-inflammatory drugs a future option for depression? CNN’s story needed more scrutiny of evidence

7/13/2016

STAT’s story on postpartum depression drug– ‘a paradigm shift’ that needed more scrutiny

6/16/2016

Several errors mar Slate’s story on antidepressant use in kids

2 11/23/2015

Should light therapy be recommended for depression in general — not just in winter?

4 11/4/2015

Textured look at one health system’s relentless suicide prevention efforts

3 10/6/2015

Deep dive into the ethics and evidence underlying genetic testing in depression treatment

5 9/29/2015

Ketamine for depression: NPR coverage leans too heavily on proponents

2 9/17/2015

Nuanced portrait of evidence on prevention benefits of vitamin D

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Media coverage of a recent study is generating unwarranted hype about supplemental screening for cancer for women with dense breasts. https://lowninstitute.org/news/blog/media-misleads-on-mri-screening-for-breast-cancer/

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Happy to see that my @HealthNewsRevu blog about progression-free survival confusion has been reposted by @kevinmd. https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2019/12/most-new-cancer-treatments-havent-been-proven-to-help-patients-live-longer-or-feel-better.html via @kevinmd

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jsross119Joseph Ross@jsross119·

We are all worse off for not having @garyschwitzer's excellent, daily health care reporting, but his story today should sound the alarms and be a warning to anyone who gets health care information from local TV health news (read: much of America) (1/2) https://www.healthnewsreview.org/2019/11/why-hire-a-full-time-health-reporter-when-you-can-buy-news-off-the-shelf/#.Xeank0LWjyA.twitter

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