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HealthDay touts nerve device as ‘more effective,’ but data is from unpublished study with no control group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

New article by @UnhealthyAlcDrg & @garyschwitzer is 💯on point. This sums it up perfectly: "The COVID-19 pandemic has created perhaps the most challenging time for science communication in decades." #hcldr
Communicating Science in the Time of a Pandemic https://ja.ma/3ftMYpT

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CaulfieldTimTimothy Caulfield@CaulfieldTim·

Important piece: "Communicating Science in the Time of a #Pandemic" https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2768397 by @UnhealthyAlcDrg & @garyschwitzer via @JAMA_current

Needed: < hype & > caution

Science & health community: "reflect on how the words and the data matter, & then act accordingly."

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KariTikkinenKari Tikkinen@KariTikkinen·

All science communicators should read this very useful and smart about 1-page article "Communicating Science in the Time of a Pandemic" published in the JAMA written by Richard Saitz (@UnhealthyAlcDrg) & Gary Schwitzer (@garyschwitzer). @hsfi https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2768397 #EBM #COVID

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