“How to read articles about health”

badscience.net by Dr Alicia White | Sep. 17, 2009 (News Analysis)

If you’ve just read a health-related headline that’s caused you to spit out your morning coffee (“Coffee causes cancer” usually does the trick) it’s always best to follow the Blitz slogan: “Keep Calm and Carry On”. On reading further you’ll often find the headline has left out something important, like “Injecting five rats with really highly concentrated coffee solution caused some changes in cells that might lead to tumours eventually. ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Sep 17, 2009 - 6:20 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Fred Gatlin (review), Barry Grossheim (review), C Shapiro (review), Patricia Blochowiak (review), Erin Elise Accomando (review)
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Sep 17, 2009 - 7:17 AM PDT
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Patricia Blochowiak
3.9
 by Patricia Blochowiak - Sep. 18, 2009

This analysis gives valid advice about avoiding some of the pitfalls of reading health articles.

Following the advice given would improve the quality of the reviews of health stories on NewsTrust.

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Fred Gatlin
3.8
 by Fred Gatlin - Sep. 17, 2009

This story gives some very good ideas on how to make sure an article is factual and correct. My concern is if journalism rules are followed, it appears that more articles would be more factual.

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Barry Grossheim
3.5
 by Barry Grossheim - Sep. 17, 2009

Good common sense answers to ask about any health report you read.

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Erin Elise Accomando
4.3
 by Erin Elise Accomando - Sep. 28, 2009

This is quality journalism because it exhibits the human interest and is definitely helpful to someone who reads a lot of health articles in the news. I learned a lot from this reading.

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C Shapiro
4.2
 by C Shapiro - Sep. 18, 2009

Good information but readers should go to the original source http://www.nhs.uk/news/Pages/Howtoreadarticlesabouthealthandhealthcare.aspx This is quoted in the article

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