Tags: drug costs

12/12/2017

Gene therapy and hemophilia: Washington Post wisely tells readers ‘the study has some limitations’

1 10/21/2016

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

3/6/2016

False balance in CNN coverage of female sexual dysfunction: anecdotes given equal weight as systematic evidence review

2/26/2016

Interesting but evidence-free story on ibuprofen skin patch

1/7/2016

A gloss over costs in coverage of competing blood pressure meds — but also some strengths

1 11/13/2015

WSJ whiffs on meaningful aspects of new melanoma drug approval — including $17,600/month price tag

2 10/29/2015

Thorough look at underuse of long-term reversible contraceptives

1 9/28/2015

With just 226 words, NYT can’t deliver needed context on Alzheimer’s agitation study

4/22/2015

Story on new melanoma drug combo neglects to mention $250,000 price tag

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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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