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Good Lancet editorial on misinformation, disinformation and risk to public health.
Misinformation in women’s health is rampant due to content marketing (several celebrity clinicians here) to sell books, podcasts, supplements(!), ticketed speaking events etc.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Misinformation in women’s health is rampant due to content marketing (several celebrity clinicians here) to sell books, podcasts, supplements(!), ticketed speaking events etc.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Health in the age of disinformation
Health misinformation (false or misleading data shared unintentionally) and disinformation
(deliberately deceptive information) are not new, but the COVID-19 pandemic marked
a turning point. The sense...
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January 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Good Lancet editorial on misinformation, disinformation and risk to public health.
Misinformation in women’s health is rampant due to content marketing (several celebrity clinicians here) to sell books, podcasts, supplements(!), ticketed speaking events etc.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Misinformation in women’s health is rampant due to content marketing (several celebrity clinicians here) to sell books, podcasts, supplements(!), ticketed speaking events etc.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Excellent paper and thoughtful commentary thread on why it is critical for gov inquiries to have a clear, mandatory process for declaring their interests in the subject of the inquiry.
Our analysis of a parliamentary inquiry into menopause (Australia) found the inquiry did not require disclosures of COIs in written submissions, or discuss how COIs were managed in the final report.
Only 1% of submissions provided a written COI statement.
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Only 1% of submissions provided a written COI statement.
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Conflicts of interest in submissions and testimonies to an Australian parliamentary inquiry on menopause
Abstract. Conflicts of interest (COIs) have the potential to create bias in research, policy and practice. Although disclosure cannot fully protect individ
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November 22, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Excellent paper and thoughtful commentary thread on why it is critical for gov inquiries to have a clear, mandatory process for declaring their interests in the subject of the inquiry.
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Doctors are generally respected for their expertise in medical care. This puts them in a position to do even more damage when they spread medical misinformation. Medical boards have the authority to take action against these doctors, but they rarely do.
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Physician Misinformation | Science-Based Medicine
When physicians spread medical misinformation, the potential harm to health is far greater than their direct patient care. And yet, in a recent study, medical boards rarely discipline physicians for
sciencebasedmedicine.org
November 15, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Doctors are generally respected for their expertise in medical care. This puts them in a position to do even more damage when they spread medical misinformation. Medical boards have the authority to take action against these doctors, but they rarely do.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/physician-mi...
sciencebasedmedicine.org/physician-mi...
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Absolute must read for anyone interested in how we protect women’s health from commercial interests. #menopause #CDoH
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Is menopause killing women’s work, or is ‘garbage data’ trashing the brand? A Senate inquiry must decide
Claims that large numbers of women are quitting the workforce early because menopause is not supported are unfounded and being pushed as fact, risking women’s economic security, critics say.
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August 10, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Absolute must read for anyone interested in how we protect women’s health from commercial interests. #menopause #CDoH
www.smh.com.au/national/is-...
www.smh.com.au/national/is-...