What is the most common flaw in health journalism? “Conveying certainty that doesn’t exist.” That’s Gary Schwitzer’s terrific response to this important question. At last week’s Presenting Overdiagnosis 2015 conference in Washington, DC Schwitzer, the publisher of HealthNewsReview.Org, listed the most common mistakes journalists make: Exaggerating effect size– relative not absolute data Using causal language to describe observational studies Idolatry…
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