“The Great American Tragedy” of the overtesting of the worried well
Two learned authors, Drs. George Lundberg and Clifton Meador, have a piece on MedPage Today, “Arithmetic Stings When Well People Seek Medical Care.” Excerpts: “Over the past several decades, there has...
View ArticleSearch for civility, shared decision-making in screening/health care discussions
In a comment left on my blog, Jamie Bearse, the chief operating officer of Project Zero – The Project to End Prostate Cancer, showed how quickly and deeply discussions about screening tests can devolve...
View ArticlePrevention magazine editor promotes ovarian cancer screening despite lack of...
Diane Salvatore, Editor-in-Chief, Prevention Magazine, writes on the Huffington Post about “The Cancer You’re Probably Not Being Screened For.“ Specifically, she advocates for transvaginal ultrasound...
View Article9-part series on over-diagnosis
Ray Moynihan, a terrific health care journalist who is now pursuing his PhD on overdiagnosis and working as a Senior Research Fellow at Bond University in Australia, kicks off the first of a nine-part...
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The media are influential…on everyone else, say Alzheimer’s specialists
Nice catch by my colleague Andrew Holtz (one of our story reviewers on HealthNewsReview.org) as he combed the literature and settled on a paper in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease entitled, “Dementia...
View ArticleCautions on cancer screening, overdiagnosis and overtreatment
Several noteworthy articles in journals today. In JAMA, a breast cancer specialist, a prostate cancer specialist, and an esophogeal cancer specialist co-authored a Viewpoint article, “Overdiagnosis and...
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The long list of warnings about community screening programs is getting longer
Otis Brawley, MD, chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society has said: “Many of these free screening things are designed more to get patients for hospitals and clinics and doctors than they...
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What women need to know about USNWR’s “16 Health Screenings All Women Need”
When I see a headline such as “16 Health Screenings All Women Need,” I steel myself for what comes next. “All women need“? What came next in the US News & World Report column was a list of...
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My article kicks off 5th Annual Health Literacy Month Blog Series
For the third consecutive year, I’ve contributed to the Health Literacy Month Blog Series. Today, my article, “Media Messages about Screenings and their Role in Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment,” kicks...
View ArticleBBC takedown of exaggerated jogging study gives a second helping of bad advice
The following blog post is written by Kevin Lomangino, managing editor of HealthNewsReview.org. He tweets as @Klomangino. We often say that journalists should be more than stenographers for...
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Pernicious PR Promotion of Overdiagnosis – my talk at Barcelona conference
I attended and spoke at the Preventing Overdiagnosis conference in Barcelona last week. It drew a large international audience – including representatives from Argentina, Austria, Australia, Belgium,...
View ArticleSearch for civility, shared decision-making in screening/health care discussions
In a comment left on my blog, Jamie Bearse, the chief operating officer of Project Zero – The Project to End Prostate Cancer, showed how quickly and deeply discussions about screening tests can devolve...
View ArticlePrevention magazine editor promotes ovarian cancer screening despite lack of...
Diane Salvatore, Editor-in-Chief, Prevention Magazine, writes on the Huffington Post about “The Cancer You’re Probably Not Being Screened For.“ Specifically, she advocates for transvaginal ultrasound...
View Article9-part series on over-diagnosis
Ray Moynihan, a terrific health care journalist who is now pursuing his PhD on overdiagnosis and working as a Senior Research Fellow at Bond University in Australia, kicks off the first of a nine-part...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The media are influential…on everyone else, say Alzheimer’s specialists
Nice catch by my colleague Andrew Holtz (one of our story reviewers on HealthNewsReview.org) as he combed the literature and settled on a paper in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease entitled, “Dementia...
View ArticleCautions on cancer screening, overdiagnosis and overtreatment
Several noteworthy articles in journals today. In JAMA, a breast cancer specialist, a prostate cancer specialist, and an esophogeal cancer specialist co-authored a Viewpoint article, “Overdiagnosis and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The long list of warnings about community screening programs is getting longer
Otis Brawley, MD, chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society has said: “Many of these free screening things are designed more to get patients for hospitals and clinics and doctors than they...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What women need to know about USNWR’s “16 Health Screenings All Women Need”
When I see a headline such as “16 Health Screenings All Women Need,” I steel myself for what comes next. “All women need“? What came next in the US News & World Report column was a list of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
My article kicks off 5th Annual Health Literacy Month Blog Series
For the third consecutive year, I’ve contributed to the Health Literacy Month Blog Series. Today, my article, “Media Messages about Screenings and their Role in Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment,” kicks...
View ArticleClik here to view.
BBC takedown of exaggerated jogging study gives a second helping of bad advice
The following blog post is written by Kevin Lomangino, managing editor of HealthNewsReview.org. He tweets as @Klomangino. We often say that journalists should be more than stenographers for...
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