Media stories portray health risks associated with our environment both in positive and negative ways. While some health news stories are reliable, there are others which are misleading due to the different styles in reporting by the various media houses. Learn how to distinguish between a good and bad reporting in this article. […]
News stories about health risks can often be misleading and confusing. Here are some tips to distinguish reliable health news stories from the misleading ones. […]
Media headlines can shape our views about world issues, including diseases and medical interventions. To attract audiences, the writers of these catchy headlines can even give a different picture of reality. Read on to see how media can react differently even to the same story. […]
Media headlines and stories can exaggerate or underestimate health issues. While they overstated the case of the Ebola outbreak, they had varying reactions towards the flu and vaccination. Here is a timeline of the media coverage of the effectiveness of the flu shots in the 2017-2018 season. […]
The media has always been known to use catchy headlines to attract more audience. However, regarding health issues, these attractive headlines can taint the audience’s impression of reality, leading to adverse reactions. Read on to see how media headlines created panic about Ebola breakout coming from developing countries. […]
The perception that the crisis has happened because of the patients who took the opioids under a doctor’s prescription and then got addicted to it is wrong. […]
The opioid crisis is complicated. But, it is not about the drug companies and doctors and pills that are considered solely responsible for the crisis—it is ultimately about people who are suffering and their families. […]
Drug overdoses—and most of these overdoses are opioid drugs—are now the leading cause of death of American adults less than 50. The situation is serious and its causes need to be looked into. […]
For pharmaceutical companies, disease awareness campaigns are a profitable marketing tool. As consumers, it is our job to not to be easily influenced by the marketing strategies. […]
Drug companies produce medications to treat our illnesses. But did you know that sometimes it is the other way round? They create diseases to make their products sell. There are various ways to tell if an ad is selling a disease or not. […]
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