What's wrong with health coverage?

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Blame writers who can't tell the difference between solid and shoddy medical research, let alone explain it to their readers, David H. Freedman writes in CJR: "Even while following what are considered the guidelines of good science reporting, they still manage to write articles that grossly mislead the public, often in ways that can lead to poor health decisions with catastrophic consequences." More from Colin Lecher in Popular Science.

January 8, 2013

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