Tags: dementia

11/13/2018

CNN overstates evidence linking neck pulse measurements to increased dementia risk

7/25/2018

HealthDay provides needed details on side effects of THC-based drug studied for Alzheimer’s agitation

11/8/2017

Preliminary Alzheimer’s study involving plasma infusions–was this really newsworthy?

10/31/2017

HealthDay’s rehashed news release overstates dementia benefits of blood thinners

8/1/2017

Do PET scans improve dementia diagnosis? LA Times story overlooks harms of screening

5/16/2017

Blood thinners may prevent dementia in atrial fibrillation patients–or they may not

4/25/2017

No, a ‘pacemaker’ for the brain can’t help memory (yet)

5/19/2016

Deep brain stimulation for dementia: NPR’s positive tone not matched by evidence

5/26/2015

Predicting Alzheimer’s: What two new studies add and how the Times covered them

1/30/2015

Insulin spray may be helpful for people with early dementia

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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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