Health
Doctor suggests tabloids publish daily smoking death toll
While smoking remains legal, the number of smokers is never going to fall significantly, argues public health doctor in a letter to this week's BMJ.
Oct 25, 2011
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Health
Two surprising reasons behind the obesity epidemic: Too much salt, not enough water
Scientific studies and media coverage are rife with warnings on how sugar, carbohydrates, saturated fat and lack of exercise contribute to obesity. And tens of millions of Americans are still overweight or obese in large ...
Aug 23, 2022
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Health
Media coverage of HPV vaccine boosts reports of adverse effects
The number of adverse events associated with the HPV vaccine reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) appeared to be related to media coverage and online ...
Nov 20, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Menopause: HRT linked to depression—here's what the evidence actually says
A growing number of women are turning to hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to alleviate distressing symptoms of the menopause—including hot flushes, bladder weakness, vaginal dryness, joint pain, brain fog, sleep disturbances, ...
Nov 11, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Disease spillover risk poorly communicated, oversimplified during COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19 has been the first pandemic that has taken place alongside the interconnectivity of the Internet. Consequently, the spread of ideas and information about the disease has been unprecedented—but not always accurate. ...
Sep 16, 2022
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Medical research
Analysis: Most research on PFAS harms is unpublicized
Though per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) make headlines daily, a new paper reveals that most studies finding links between PFAS exposure and human health harms are published without a press release and receive little ...
Jul 17, 2023
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Are flu cases already 100 times higher than last year? Here's what we really know about the 2023 flu season
Alarming headlines and media coverage have said we've had 100 times as many influenza cases in the first two months of 2023 compared with the same time the previous year.
Mar 17, 2023
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Media reporting on mental illness, violence, and crime needs to change
The media is a key source of information about mental illness for the public, and research shows media coverage can influence public attitudes and perceptions of mental ill-health. But when it comes to complex mental illnesses ...
Aug 24, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Media coverage of a celebrity suicide can cause a large-scale copycat effect
Researchers who analyzed media coverage of the suicide of a national actress in South Korea and its impact on subsequent suicides found that the number of suicide-related articles surged around 80 times in the week after ...
Sep 2, 2014
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Is egg freezing an empowering option for women?
Katie Hammond, a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology researching the experience of egg donation in Canada, discusses the recent decision by tech giants Facebook and Apple to offer egg freezing to female employees, ...
Nov 17, 2014
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