Misinformation Is Particularly Harmful When It Comes to Your Health
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Last month, a 39-year-old influencer named Zhanna Samsonov died in a Malaysian hospital after catching a cholera-like infection…
Last month, a 39-year-old influencer named Zhanna Samsonov died in a Malaysian hospital after catching a cholera-like infection…
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Nobody’s saying we should encourage e-cigarette use in pregnant women – ideally you’d give up nicotine entirely.
Projects funded by the National Institutes of Health increasingly employ subjective and promotional language in describing…
Sociedad Cada vez hay más clickbait en la comunicación científica y empieza en las mismas instituciones de investigación.
Новости на медицинские темы и раньше были довольно противоречивыми — без специальной подготовки нельзя было разобраться, вредит к…
Even with an unfolding pandemic, there’s no shortage of overreaching public relations news releases to mislead the public.
今 (2019) 年二月,德國海德堡大學附屬婦科醫院發布新聞稿,聲稱教授索恩 (Christoph Sohn) 的研究團隊研發出一項新技術:以「抽血檢查」偵測乳癌細胞。 什麼?!只要抽血就可以知道有沒有得乳癌嗎? 該篇新聞稿內容指出,雖然這項技術不能直接取代…
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Health stories are prolific in the news. Each year, thousands of articles are published claiming to have the latest compelling…
Health stories are prolific in the news. Each year, thousands of articles are published claiming to have the latest compelling…
Health stories are prolific in the news. Each year, thousands of articles are published claiming to have the latest compelling…
Though we've been debunking junk science for more than 40 years, we never cease to be amazed by the amount of hype and…
LANCASHIRE: In the first month of the new year, many people may have chosen to cut down on their tech use – or even give it up…
With new year’s resolutions in full swing, many people may have chosen to cut down on their tech use – or even give it up…
With New Year’s resolutions in full swing, many people may have chosen to cut down on their technology use – or even give it up…
With New Year’s resolutions in full swing, many people may have chosen to cut down on their tech use—or even give it up…
With New Year’s resolutions in full swing, many people may have chosen to cut down on their tech use—or even give it up…
Is social media harmful? With New Years resolutions in full swing, many people may have chosen to cut down on their tech use -…
Source: The Conversation – UK – By David A. Ellis, 50th Anniversary Lecturer, Psychology, Lancaster University With New Year’s…
With New Year’s resolutions in full swing, many people may have chosen to cut down on their tech use – or even give it up…
With New Year’s resolutions in full swing, many people may have chosen to cut down on their tech use – or even give it up…
By Lyndal Byford The problem of over-hyped science news is undermining public trust in science.
Whenever you see a news story that contains imbalanced and inaccurate information about health care, you’d be justified in…
In a study of the dietary advice given by newspapers in the United Kingdom, “no credible scientific basis” was found for most…
Brian Wansink’s research almost always made the news. The social psychologist is the head of Cornell’s Food and Brand Lab…
It was 1997 and Dr. Steffanie Strathdee had just won a young investigators award for her research on Vancouver’s needle…
It was 1997 and Dr. Steffanie Strathdee had just won a young investigators award for her research on Vancouver’s needle…
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We take science seriously at The Conversation and we work hard at reporting it accurately.
March 16, 2017 I don’t know of a single fake news story in science or health. Not one – or not in national news media anyway.
T he churning of the news cycle, the pressure of scientists to get journal clicks, and the subsequent reward of funding has…
Should we be drinking coffee? Depending on which day of the week we read the news, we might be told it will either extend our…
Remember all those autism stories over the last few weeks? You don’t? There’s a reason for that.
Timothy Caulfield is a Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy, University of Alberta, a Trudeau Fellow and author of Is…
Scientific research can be dense and complex, so it can be a daunting challenge to base a story on an original research paper.
Update: Back in December, the University of Maryland issued a press release claiming a single brand of chocolate milk could…
Academic press offices are known to overhype their own research. But the University of Maryland recently took this to appalling…
A psychology researcher looks at media missteps in reporting work on music and the brain.
Like many champions of a fledgling idea, Trevor Butterworth has a big vision. He talks about revolutions-a revolution in big…
In his book Derailed , about his fall from academic grace, the Dutch psychologist Diederik Stapel explained his preferred…
Should we always blame the journalist for poor science reporting? Perhaps not, according to a new BMJ study. Read more...
December 12, 2014 The main subject of discussion at this year’s SMC Christmas bash was a new study published the same day…
By not taking university press officers and research press releases seriously, scientists are often complicit in the media…
Pressures in all stages of the news-making process can lead to hype in science reporting.
This Research paper BMJ 2014;349g7015 doi10.1136bmj.g7015 contains the same typo in figures 2 and 3. In both figures the middle…
The main subject of discussion at this year’s SMC Christmas bash was a new study published the same day, claiming … read more
Scientists, press officers and journalists online are pointing fingers in light of a paper that traces the origins of…
It was only a few days ago that I noted here how frustratingly hyped – and often contradictory – health news tends to be as I…
Title: Press Releases Blamed for Exaggerated Health News Category: Health News Created: 12/10/2014 12:00:00 AM Last Editorial…
Health journalism is often full of exaggerated, conflicting, or outright misleading claims. If you ever want to see a perfect…
Researchers say that there’s exaggeration in health news, but it isn’t necessarily journalists’ fault. Press releases could be…
Researchers point to 'increasing culture of university competition and self-promotion'
Most exaggeration in health related science news is already present in academic press releases, finds a new study. Researchers…
How do exaggeration and error make their way into health news? A new study says, blame academia. Because what's the point of…
Most exaggeration in health related science news is already present in academic press releases, finds a study published in The…
"Science and health news hype: where does it come from?," The Guardian asks. A new study suggests a lot of the hype comes from…
Sometimes you should take reports with a grain of salt, research found