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Mashup Score: 0New Alzheimer’s test: The coverage vs. context - 14 day(s) ago
When the FDA recently approved the Lumipulse blood test to help with diagnose of Alzheimer’s Disease, there was the usual roundup of hyperbole which can be harmful to public understanding.
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Mashup Score: 3Bernie wants drug ads banned. He's not alone. - 20 day(s) ago
Two independent US Senators, Bernie Sanders and Angus King, have introduced the End Prescription Drug Ads Now Act that would ban prescription drug ads on TV, radio, print, digital platforms and social media.
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US Senators Bernie Sanders (VT) and Angus King (ME) introduced a bill that would ban prescription drug advertising on television, radio, print, digital platforms and social media. https://t.co/b5C3VBrvM9 https://t.co/9wXj5DKirz
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Mashup Score: 6Bernie wants drug ads banned. He's not alone. - 20 day(s) ago
Two independent US Senators, Bernie Sanders and Angus King, have introduced the End Prescription Drug Ads Now Act that would ban prescription drug ads on TV, radio, print, digital platforms and social media.
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Bernie wants drug ads banned. He's not alone. https://t.co/6MIWbXkOyU https://t.co/POiSxmihBJ
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Mashup Score: 0Weighing more GLP-1 drug concerns - 21 day(s) ago
Update on patients quitting, costs, access
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Results with GLP-1 drugs: not as good in the real world as in controlled trials. That, and cost/access/side effect issues in this multi-issue update. https://t.co/gDMUYWjGsr https://t.co/dXZjWEuzr2
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Mashup Score: 2Weighing more GLP-1 drug concerns - 21 day(s) ago
Update on patients quitting, costs, access
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Weighing more GLP-1 drug concerns. https://t.co/0N1EpDGNmQ https://t.co/nXNsGMnvWv
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Mashup Score: 4Too much glitz, too little evidence, in full body scan stories - 26 day(s) ago
How new screening tests get free and glowing publicity
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I only write about things when they move me. This is what I wrote about today because it really bothered me. https://t.co/PA09a4XrEE https://t.co/XFCZXMNHuG
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Mashup Score: 2Too much glitz, too little evidence, in full body scan stories - 26 day(s) ago
How new screening tests get free and glowing publicity
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Cheerleading boosterism was the theme of most of the stories I read. Company invites journalists to come and get a scan and they’re happy to help create demand. https://t.co/apmh1HvgHS https://t.co/M75mnVezN6
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Mashup Score: 0Why People May Stop Using GLP-1 Drugs - 27 day(s) ago
How many people stop using GLP-1 drugs and why is not an unreported phenomenon, but I think it is under-reported in mainstream news media coverage in light of the seemingly non-stop promotion of the drugs.
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How many people stop using GLP-1 drugs & why is not an unreported phenomenon, but I think it’s under-reported in mainstream news media coverage in light of the seemingly non-stop promotion of the drugs. https://t.co/TYZFz116yr https://t.co/ZCOVe2dGc2
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Mashup Score: 0Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview Substack | Substack - 28 day(s) ago
My HealthNewsReview.org website, published daily for 16 years, is gone. But here I’ll weigh in on health care news, especially when I see a way to help readers improve their critical thinking about health care claims or studies. Click to read Gary Schwitzer’s HealthNewsReview Substack, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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Nancy Reame, PhD, RN, is Professor Emerita of Disease Prevention & Health Promotion at Columbia’s School of Nursing. Visit my Substack to see why she has pledged support. https://t.co/BA9IAfbhMG https://t.co/4mtUM0KcsP
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Mashup Score: 8Do ultra-processed foods kill 124,000 Americans yearly? - 28 day(s) ago
When a paper in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine was published in April, headlines were consistent:
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Unfortunately, nutrition research news is often poorly reported. Even more unfortunate, a lot of nutrition research is of lesser quality and communicated poorly by researchers. Food for thought as you consume the news. https://t.co/6YUcBBBBhj https://t.co/3OHKQhnhQ3
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New Alzheimer's test: The coverage vs. context https://t.co/DPQHzP5ZJc https://t.co/i9XluoEt9G