As all researchers know, science is a grinding parade of failure and dead ends. But as we’ve often written, news release writers sometimes…
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The recent fish oil and vitamin D studies: Go beyond the headlines
by Mary Chris Jaklevic December 1, 2018Results of a much-anticipated trial on fish oil and vitamin D generated conflicting headlines recently. Some stories declared good news about the…
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The carefully crafted way of how health misinformation spreads
by Mary Chris Jaklevic November 9, 2018Effective clickbait doesn’t just happen. It’s carefully crafted. Take this wildly misleading article from CNN: Not exercising worse for your health than smoking,…