Tag: NBC News

2 4/11/2018

Today Show segment on ‘nerve freezing’ for weight loss leaves us cold. Here’s why.

5/27/2016

5-Star Friday! Not a cancer ‘cure,’ a menstrual pain ‘off switch,’ and therapy for ‘text neck’

1/15/2016

Faulty medical devices stay on the market even after manufacturers know there are problems

10 10/27/2015

Why the media must play a bigger role in policing unsafe medical devices

1/11/2015

Sunday summary of other noteworthy health care news

2 12/22/2014

Monday health news roundup: mostly gems, one dud

4 8/19/2014

Hair loss treatment data in 3 people gets widespread (and often weak) news coverage

1 1/6/2014

NBC vastly exaggerates the potential benefits of lung cancer screening

11/10/2013

NBC races the clock in a race to the bottom with anchormen & prostate cancer screening promotion

10/22/2013

“Cure, breakthrough, hope” used to describe tiny, short-term hair growing experiment

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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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