Shoddy, incomplete, fawning news coverage of screening tests is one of the most clearly established problems in health news coverage – something HealthNewsReview.org has revealed countless times over the past 15 years. A public relations news release 22 days ago – from “a healthcare company whose mission is to detect cancer early” – touted study… Read More »
A study by University of Michigan researchers published in Health Affairs this month found that direct-to-consumer telemedicine visits for acute respiratory infections were linked to more downstream visits. The researchers found that patients with initial direct-to-consumer telemedicine visits were more likely to obtain follow-up care within seven days than those who had sought in-person visits.… Read More »
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 28, 2020 — If you’re the parent of a teen, you had plenty to deal with before the pandemic began — dramatic sighs, slamming doors, eye-rolling — and that was only when your teen wasn’t out somewhere with friends. But the coronavirus pandemic brought your teen’s social life to a screeching halt. No… Read More »
Dear Coleen As a result of the Covid crisis, I was made redundant from my job a few weeks ago and I’ve felt very down about it ever since. I’d worked at the company for years and, even though I realised jobs were under threat, I suppose I didn’t think it would happen to me.… Read More »