Tags: medical devices

10/18/2018

HealthDay touts nerve device as ‘more effective,’ but data is from unpublished study with no control group

2 9/19/2018

One woman’s account of spinal cord stimulator skips realities of medical device safety in U.S.

8/24/2018

Without an independent source, BuzzFeed’s story on a medical device for OCD doesn’t offer much beyond the news release

4/5/2018

Boston Globe overlooks evidence showing many patients not helped by ‘bionic’ joint replacements

2/1/2018

An Alzheimer’s study that included just 3 people: Does that warrant consumer news coverage?

1/24/2018

Doctor with industry ties call sleep apnea device ‘revolutionary’ and ‘a game changer’ in CBS News story

1/23/2018

High-tech buzzwords and scary patient anecdote dominate NBC’s story on ‘new approach’ for aortic aneurysms

11/30/2016

AP story on skin patch sweat monitor may make readers wonder: News or marketing?

7/18/2016

Kudos to WSJ for giving thorough look at ‘Heimlich alternative’ devices for choking victims

1 5/26/2016

WSJ’s look at apps and wearables for ‘text neck’ takes a measured approach

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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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