False hopes, unwarranted fears: the trouble with medical news stories

PLoS Med. 2008 May 27;5(5):e118. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050118.

Abstract

ThePLoS Medicine Editors discuss the current state of health news reporting, and what steps can be taken to improve its quality.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Disease
  • Health Education
  • Humans
  • Journalism, Medical*
  • Mass Media / trends*
  • Medicine / trends*
  • Newspapers as Topic / trends*
  • Periodicals as Topic*
  • Public Opinion
  • Publishing*
  • Research Personnel
  • Television / trends*
  • United States