Unfortunately many news articles on medical treatment and health issues are of poor quality. Gary Schwitzer is an adjunct associate professor at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health and runs a website called Health News Reviews which reviews and rates medical and health news articles and press releases on a five star criteria.
Below is an article in which he discusses five basic principles that everyone can use to red flag articles for quality. The last two principles concerning observational studies and relative vs absolute risk may be somewhat harder to grasp, so let me know if you have any questions on these concepts.
5 tips for fact-checking claims about health
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