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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HealthDay touts nerve device as ‘more effective,’ but data is from unpublished study with no control group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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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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mcjaklevicMary Chris Jaklevic@mcjaklevic·

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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