Category: Your Health Matters

(5 stars)
This was a solid, succinct report on an issue that has received – and will undoubtedly continue to generate – a lot of attention, including a lot of misinformation.

(1 stars)
HealthDay rewrites a news release and US News

(4 stars)
An overall fairly complete story that fell a bit short on explaining the blood pressure benefit, and quantifying harms.

(1 stars)
Another HealthDay story pulled straight from a news release.

(0 stars)
Maybe CNN should add a minute or two to its feature. You may not be able to address all of our criteria in a minute, but you should be able to address SOME of them.

(0 stars)
A story on an unpublished study about to be – but not yet – presented in a talk at a meeting, funded by a drug company and coming straight out of a medical center news release. Swing and a miss.

(3 stars)
We can’t believe that the New York Times based this big splash story on something Disturbing.

(0 stars)
Troublingly shallow story on one doctor’s book and his claims of surgical relief of migraines.

(4 stars)
Even though the story addressed many of our criteria, we’re left wondering how newsworthy is a study in which only 16 people got the active treatment.

(3 stars)
Story feels like a formulaic David and Goliath story:

(4 stars)
At a time when so many news stories hype fat or weight loss interventions, it’s refreshing to see more space devoted to the evidence.

(3 stars)
Only scratches the surface of the evidence before turning to a book author who makes the non-evidence-based leap to recommend sleep for weight loss.