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7/31/2017

Stem cell brain implants–what could go wrong? Guardian doesn’t say

5/30/2017

Newsweek speculates about an ‘obesity cure,’ and doesn’t disclose important conflict of interest

5/10/2017

Marijuana and memory: Newsweek writes about mouse research–but is at least upfront about it

3/31/2017

NBC calls rodent retina research ‘game changer’ for vision loss in people

2/16/2017

Invasive weed kills superbugs? All we know is it might work in mice

12/9/2016

Guardian’s story on strobe lights: Mouse research on Alzheimer’s again finds its way to mainstream audience

10/21/2016

Here we go again: TIME writes about preliminary mouse research

8/15/2016

‘Alzheimer’s disease can be fully cured:’ Medical Daily story is a forehead-slapper

4/14/2016

WaPo story generalizes findings of small study on mice to pregnant women

2 3/11/2016

CNN story on fasting diet study veers into clickbait territory

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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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