Too good to be true: chubby thighs better for heart health?
No need to envy those with skinny little thighs - BMJ reports it's chubby thighs that ward off heart disease! Or do they?
View Article“Alcohol Helps Heart Bypass Patients!” – good news or bad reporting?
After the European news agency Reuters told the world about a study showing that two alcoholic drinks a day after heart bypass surgery is associated with a 25% reduction in additional heart procedures,...
View ArticleThe concept of ‘mansplaining’ explained for you . . .
When a famous health journalism watchdog publicly criticized a popular woman's heart disease awareness campaign for being "disease-mongering", many survivors came forward to leave comments hoping to...
View ArticleDo you need a robot to help with your hospital gown?
All those "breakthrough" and "game-changing" media headlines likely originated in an academic researcher's publicity department...
View ArticleCardiac research and the mystery of the missing facts
Why medical researchers should start adding "IN MEN" to the titles of studies that ignore over half the population...
View ArticleWhy your own story is not scientific data
It's human nature to readily accept what we agree with, yet push back against what we don't. For example, I like studies that tell us coffee, chocolate and wine are heart-healthy...
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