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Weekly digest - April 1, 2013
news about the myriad messages about health care interventions flooding Americans
daily
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Journalist Seth Mnookin called this TIME Magazine cover story the worst of the year.
[http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001cZYRrSYL4gh2tbChzWpoyE977PLhzNopRapidiG17xoG9c_Gq94jg4E36yoMOTicRe4gv6DOXspPBIDvKWJnRMOUsZjQG_GD_tyx9JuNXFwNFNU1V8OyjuSuiSW-rbMh7nVymUnouZVySW2WFs8KNMFVUQYyuvBggg7rmA50myGDAl5LW9H7nl3CUTcle3yISaowFC-fOIk=]
He called it "wrong, grandiose and cruel." But take note of other journalistic
examples in the same vein. Gina Kolata on the front page of the NY Times in 1998.
CNN with its "exclusive/breakthrough" story last fall.
CNN also reported [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001cZYRrSYL4ghTO5HmvVzV2NabNAhqdhCR8x-FG08fE34zOeLIotFbEbXtuGptpSATTufSWm5SC1OgaquBz6F3LOxWGF7RGmu99rh-YLZtLTCxqaDtwSGyNozl7e3C6XNq7E5ilNd6ABrdAF_wdoAmfYMBm7Jy4teS1DSDfSRWhSub1c5o9g_y6B32C1giwiKiieUyQbt0KPY=]
that "Some people say camel's milk is like a miracle drug. They say it could help
cure autism, diabetes, cancer and even AIDS." Really, CNN?
The [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001cZYRrSYL4gjEpcYWE3H2M2hUh-jw8FqvR2t8MhrvCJ6-va-AnEK_yzzBEHSGTkW_mDH_MiCQTYLwa-L3Vj8dXvNbsmHwsIbWXjEgmkGZf4wi6XbCukpQbK9ckH_L0oJDXNixK7hhMK9o6Kfl2GeGDYXYZBe1Ua8FEgM5nl0nXr5Y3xsgXtkRW_ko75spzkbGqcDCsuzm2GjzSAg83ZfAMbArIBOyLon1j9QO8gDsUp0=]Boston
Globe [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001cZYRrSYL4gjEpcYWE3H2M2hUh-jw8FqvR2t8MhrvCJ6-va-AnEK_yzzBEHSGTkW_mDH_MiCQTYLwa-L3Vj8dXvNbsmHwsIbWXjEgmkGZf4wi6XbCukpQbK9ckH_L0oJDXNixK7hhMK9o6Kfl2GeGDYXYZBe1Ua8FEgM5nl0nXr5Y3xsgXtkRW_ko75spzkbGqcDCsuzm2GjzSAg83ZfAMbArIBOyLon1j9QO8gDsUp0=]
and [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001cZYRrSYL4gjEpcYWE3H2M2hUh-jw8FqvR2t8MhrvCJ6-va-AnEK_yzzBEHSGTkW_mDH_MiCQTYLwa-L3Vj8dXvNbsmHwsIbWXjEgmkGZf4wi6XbCukpQbK9ckH_L0oJDXNixK7hhMK9o6Kfl2GeGDYXYZBe1Ua8FEgM5nl0nXr5Y3xsgXtkRW_ko75spzkbGqcDCsuzm2GjzSAg83ZfAMbArIBOyLon1j9QO8gDsUp0=]New
York Times [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001cZYRrSYL4gjEpcYWE3H2M2hUh-jw8FqvR2t8MhrvCJ6-va-AnEK_yzzBEHSGTkW_mDH_MiCQTYLwa-L3Vj8dXvNbsmHwsIbWXjEgmkGZf4wi6XbCukpQbK9ckH_L0oJDXNixK7hhMK9o6Kfl2GeGDYXYZBe1Ua8FEgM5nl0nXr5Y3xsgXtkRW_ko75spzkbGqcDCsuzm2GjzSAg83ZfAMbArIBOyLon1j9QO8gDsUp0=]
had separate stories on concerns about safety and marketing of robotic surgery systems.
[http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001cZYRrSYL4gjEpcYWE3H2M2hUh-jw8FqvR2t8MhrvCJ6-va-AnEK_yzzBEHSGTkW_mDH_MiCQTYLwa-L3Vj8dXvNbsmHwsIbWXjEgmkGZf4wi6XbCukpQbK9ckH_L0oJDXNixK7hhMK9o6Kfl2GeGDYXYZBe1Ua8FEgM5nl0nXr5Y3xsgXtkRW_ko75spzkbGqcDCsuzm2GjzSAg83ZfAMbArIBOyLon1j9QO8gDsUp0=]
And Paul Levy, former hospital CEO, on his Not Running a Hospital blog, writes,
"More robots, more questions." [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001cZYRrSYL4gjKu_wTPvfydKuZxs8Xx1cdL1nZWvllxS-bpVeMrDKS7pdMEWbnFtd93zVGxSkIATSFCTpOEK8apYHjWEIgKUW6mPcGe76dlaQ2cNNvkui1DKzZl2vc7qytAiSMMePZYflt0lY2-ARP8qbkw5Jl1Zfdyr3vQuZRA18QiIskOqX84V_1fNQNF1XL]
The topic this time: robotic partial knee replacement surgery. In it, he links
to the BioLogic Equity Research site, and its article, "Anatomy of a Deceptive
Direct to Consumer Robotic Surgery Marketing Campaign." Levy also blogged, "Beating
a Dead Robot," about robotic rectal cancer surgery.
Finally, the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
accepted a manuscript as an Article in Press, "Impact of Robotic Operative Efficiency
on Profitability [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001cZYRrSYL4giXJvveOfLfqsy7Cw14Jm_LENobxOPi26ROVAjX_6wVVt6QxentiKCMxHUgbQKy2My0Zx_ykS7ZJOgFWD_vfisXdoHV37AXi9tikDGwtejcK7VcDWo_o9d6kJb98uUGwl7K2bv2ADT_TgQ-xEY9bgLBJxfoswnT_z8=],"
that some who follow these issues about proliferation of technology may find interesting.
Ivan Oransky tweeted about it [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001cZYRrSYL4ggLtm4uPnaug9rE4b6FCSvs8DPCPHnvU_Wi9bu5iL5CPvykVcx6z-c_fddZbfoBy9xLr3K3JY1Y0BHirASY05_91xIxOewHg3aCw-4JfmuE9TL4DZHj6ocZIffBNOo3fDU0s8JbpHqzuS5ERT_TX04XuLFsivNbzdY=]:
"Ka-ching! Surgeons who use robots publish study on how to up profits, + how much
UNC-Chapel Hill makes using robots."
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How well did these stories address our 10 criteria?
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Simple Breath Test Might Diagnose Heart Failure [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001cZYRrSYL4giSG0RVBMs3vLSO6ebU9IAStUls2rvpFcJNg0f2VZHHqWJhLmGOsBxuV-_iYqb0em_fn2PY8UBji8Yg4UZA8IsQJXXxWdYomR0VROfLo00g_8K6PL_xACMDeiDeothjDuO0RKTpvxQFTHo3QdxbIswSqReuh3pXiIIHRDMHgNfT9Oq3DSvVuHFoRWrOu_7Tdbs=]
The story exaggerates the importance and mischaracterizes the results of the study.
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New method for hip replacement wins favor with some surgeons [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001cZYRrSYL4giN5yPv_38bFBnX9MyODtMJHvYCeZz3FvwyV_ODhCSnhdcQxNi07-kWs5foHbNsF0SybaHtQmH_5HflN6GfOcURnuNhiyPP4fnRJjur_b-tRcPQv_9xgyzHxXKb27i5IMuMoxkyEjstmNa4ey1BXGKE_y3oQedMGi0OTzt65AiHfLO6lYNHJgxeCStxwPzPUINqYb3bzB3qx07UHrtpCbuk]
The story feels like a conversation among a lot of very smart people explaining
hip surgery in a very compelling way, so compelling that you might miss the lack
of evidence for the new method being touted in this story.
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Women who ate more soy survive lung cancer better, study finds [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001cZYRrSYL4giTmuzuSpn69jeCupqWP8YsZfZVgjqw-aBdWKvkU1bcGVBh2S62HuMf3P3BulROIFMMp6z225ZZBpmW2kZ2lwsvB6jkYUkMYp9n1_mAPsCIa39mfRsowcNTwkrT7SGHiO_DLrgvFeHi-no4M52zZRdxsRDxJlxy0wWqn9AOZpUsk__FYnxCmpMOmduQED-oGFjFzIBocgplaHNEFCFZDin2]
Another overly optimistic account of findings from an observational study.
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