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Weekly digest - June 18, 2012
devoted to news about the myriad messages about health care interventions that flood
Americans daily
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Academic freedom in question over prof's editorial on PSA screening
InsideHigherEd.com called it "intimidation tactics" [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001Y_0yd7PdQEPxGEvYBH4d6eRyz-8jC2vnxQWhZ0_ce71BRFWHbQGZ-boUuQ_97-8XTLZDIep80FLuAk6xctwm_QHZBWvaAi93lhTYVlCsskrmxAh1iuyY83Ks67hfWxp9-2BqbR0L7UNlaSfH-B57e3mYWDZe4W3gQyM0q2NSQlgxd2QJGfQhdOFWS6ABg2GW6kib42_jqnSQdcMuKEAKZXMsHSD5oOOrJFJK0wSwer1Jhaf4HkWxLQ==]
when UC-Davis administrators took action against Dr. Michael Wilkes after his editorial
appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle. Read what happened next.
Other items from the previous week:
* Supersized reactions to Mayor Bloomberg's soda ban plan [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001Y_0yd7PdQEOQ9gEGwLwwOIKWsn_C91XyfUT1RXM_PdJ3xbnJ3Sj3bJLJ0q7iTv3borchD2xcWTDyzXAsAZYams4JoaYDqPbTRmkLQ8af5TOzJLIkWFHbB_FE9TRLdYTZul1R4I78eahY807XHWljTEiFW5Q_xTje78vtG7V0OiZmkvfmWyHPsitUVfK1BtQmHP6mZ4Qi4f9Y69lJ7n6kkw==]
Bloomberg supersizing [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001Y_0yd7PdQEOQ9gEGwLwwOIKWsn_C91XyfUT1RXM_PdJ3xbnJ3Sj3bJLJ0q7iTv3borchD2xcWTDyzXAsAZYams4JoaYDqPbTRmkLQ8af5TOzJLIkWFHbB_FE9TRLdYTZul1R4I78eahY807XHWljTEiFW5Q_xTje78vtG7V0OiZmkvfmWyHPsitUVfK1BtQmHP6mZ4Qi4f9Y69lJ7n6kkw==]
The Daily Show's Jon Stewart has taken his shots at it
* 3-part series on disease-mongering [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001Y_0yd7PdQEMPdiUogPokYOWOV1kU09luELMukSb0dTNAq7-XFZantp1rIF31jtwhPUaw2B9L4JD2CIGskFIBMv1_nFS4nVJkaP-UrHZQxxL-UUqRq3m_9Y_iHVGwZ0mOaVN_ZdW1LSO55HDCTtOjzzfCZ-bL1XyG2M6VdIr_BT31gfQR9yTmT3utLb_L49Td]
* Boston Globe opinion piece on decision aids for dying patients on end-of-life
care options [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001Y_0yd7PdQENvchErkadwuU3K-EdBdem8Z0t8vubMXiefdg0TCSF0EuUZUS4rMQjvd8PoP3zIFiJLb9qHpsSdkFnyDlvVWRtYUSdvqDPOP88XeNL-1Y_fHDfCDa-dDpuZR2_zoBvW2geWri7C9m5yiZYqPtb_K5pcf4oaMah0vWc9mc5A49mjjTk0bWReHBC5ZPzmbRTMomSU7Ro7BLWvm0rtdtMYLnzs1VUzZyhjIT4UMhbg5I3ncvELr7gaxYJQHF0VKaSigEc=]
* Scanning the news about concerns over explosion in medical imaging scans [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001Y_0yd7PdQEMigxvE_0OqONwN2HuF60mQScblgOsRtr2F-2xQWHxxcxOcYnsQhAbd_7cNS295Ik5uPx9l213GDywxI_CUnCRP1EurQUnjjacgcnoj8I1DCm_6xSZqjBIyVqP1x6GYoiINngZt-0niUg41I40zN1sKCbg2D16HpujDnryziHZR9Aadr0H_WEnByfZKo9UDJ4TKta9BebIKv-tW3H1wkb77h6gOwDKmp47INOu0QDKFCQ==]
* When Practitioners Harm More Than Heal [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001Y_0yd7PdQEM9vilYQ59XvAY2ZJQEumcKzJ91SVEjJyD4oiYSejbTYcbcsA9isPusy4u8SqahVRUGNNI6k9Ue1JToIZjxdX8YsQLKiZC9OYhPr0_MzayTFXgTIBz7CcTcwKmbD-3Y7yW0geUGNF5PlaDkUjXrqgIZXigSQq36vowU5bfAF8L3A9eu2GWcnhXz]
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How well did these stories address our 10 criteria?
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Seaweed supplement may aid weight loss: study [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001Y_0yd7PdQEOHTrfTyEoQKgPGltqI6VLlJ0g8En_WPDC7700GcNk-nNq0R2irzyrkZkkbYY2AKtx57kNlz314X3Jh422n6NRbSb_VtlGeWwpMOH2Zx6DoZXOpT2u5jsy2hrtv_9UxANWh1UmNScQWhKNQ7PHnAwyVlTXmVkTfyu-VG0K1OlzHO10q0JesWIOrv9i4PqRwoQ8=]
There are so many ways a story about seaweed for weight loss could have been hyped.
This story, though, artfully dodged all of those ways, stuck to the evidence,
and gave a thorough report. Interesting sidenote: written by an intern. Off to
a great start!
* Study questions efficacy and safety of knee injections [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001Y_0yd7PdQEMHaHEWW3jDP2ouZDD6_6-MJJhV5ygOPKc3aY-4bu3WwVrBBwT6PEVlYHOgRdMo3lgc9i8x4Tr9TA7AO2QslwHvzc6fDYGesWQdGSkMCvxZhrqMYT9P2VCLkwpigAiF2lhTCLsTQecM9ohEJWufn2hlG1T4w9unxItJh0_uvnpHeXHI0wnlDgthjsewFCOBvk5nwU_N6EHyjA==]
This is a shallow piece of journalism. Cite a large meta-analysis - but don't
quote any of the researchers. Yet turn the story over to one US critic, who doesn't
cite any evidence.
* Type 1 Diabetes Stem Cell Treatment Shows Promise [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001Y_0yd7PdQEMiwRGK5RfHl3jbjPj-35fynu66cUuFIMmtxDqY5RWwFyUW9bADKnYhCryus5sfFRuq_ESo0A0oi9SKQ0UkDoDj8We0VL6-SrPueC-snXywfHGDweP8LPGrxl0mUUKcyxowsXyC372q_0OQ-fKADrWfyQrYnX33ffX90PlID5202l4PrjrjRPqEJqtwlU-VEl0=]
In a short piece - fewer than 500 words - this story addressed most of our criteria.
* Drinking Coffee May Delay Alzheimer's Disease [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001Y_0yd7PdQENe7gDk0qYQHdqQDV7tUx0LKsCCBUnfF1V5iBKlvexY6d_G0fAxfcaetA6rdk0uTfnqFiWmFcy4PHhnYpLlezfFalrJPUs6kBKCj4cJAsbSAXfTKlC9ecLgo33XJHSNQb6NJnLFcFwnaee8NeFqeY5sIfm76X4m4e4Vz4mVVEw5CNbjJZIoC028c2v9nOCjcg0=]
The parade of stories [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001Y_0yd7PdQEPcOvL2aqszi6d9__Ke8HqO-nfJwK-iksRzGMF-bv5yabFuWKmOwsdm7ae8OngoAukEuh1afszppp1QX7XyDY7NLXPN544970WmXX7ODRO4odbd6qv1hlMBHMpQth4R4XF8hsSuXAlhy7HCsXhAdAYAQk4O0k4jSu9Pn9Qv57_psLbTZl8gnBwl]
about coffee preventing this or that disease continues. We wish there was more
skepticism applied to these kinds of studies. And we wish such stories would remind
readers that correlation does not equal causation.
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Industry editorial opposing device tax makes outlandish claim about impact of devices
Wahlstrom editorial [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001Y_0yd7PdQEPHWfjqKeNjAXXz0iFGNtMiObNDMNv3PZY9qoEOeAal6KC0l9XSB7ej5_MTiStlFnT7AfGediMePfRWU3bgAETCZcwN-YzfbqfM9Km5dNXEVJ_aer464SS_XSWBguFvJJGngY0cX7HFEf5wNrpYC4XLvKn7tEZNMQBqyY5YJbX4DLXwkSzqrDGQ1QStYK--qhQHDNn6-q6q7g0x-YdSQvCkcselFba_KoxcaAeDKar51Q==]
We try to address and to correct any misleading claims about medical interventions
whenever we see them - whatever the source. And this editorial made a whopper!
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