Healthnewsreview Lives On!

Many of us are extremely pleased to demand heed that Gary Schwitzer as well as his colleagues at HealthNewsReview accept received a major grant from the the Laura as well as John Arnold Foundation:

Stuart Buck, JD, PhD, the Vice President of Research Integrity for the Arnold Foundation, said:

“With a ‘publish or perish’ mentality, researchers are incentivized to hit findings that are hitting plenty to select handgrip of headlines as well as citations, fifty-fifty though such findings may hold upwardly exaggerated. News organizations oftentimes overstep along such findings uncritically, without carefully considering how a report was conducted as well as whether the results are based on accurate science. We are pleased to furnish funding as well as therefore that Gary Schwitzer as well as his squad tin aid the media to evaluate medical studies as well as press releases amongst a skeptical eye.”

Among other things, the grant volition permit Gary as well as friends to:

Add novel systematic reviews of health aid word releases (from sources including medical journals, drug/device manufacturers, academic medical centers). This is the almost of import novel characteristic made possible past times the novel grant, allowing us to critique word releases that are oftentimes the faucets that plough on wellness news. 

HNR is 1 of those examples of social media that validate the medium, offering unvarnished reviews of claims inward a champaign where unverified claims are commonplace.  This grant is a terrific contribution to Earth good.  

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