Sitemap - 2025 - Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview Substack
Is artificial intelligence polluting journalism and medicine?
Marty Makary's myopic menopause panel
FDA's Marty Makary muddles the evidence on food dyes
How disease is defined may hurt patients
Keeping an eye on the Kennedy capers
Elephants, jellyfish & memory pill advertising
Social Security email was confusing, inaccurate and cheerleading
I’m prey for predatory journals & conferences
The Gobbledygook of “Gold Standard Science”
Pipeline of supplements flows from federal health agencies
Mistrust in artificial intelligence in health care - 6 items
Focus on GLP-1 drugs & eye problems
New Alzheimer's test: The coverage vs. context
Bernie wants drug ads banned. He's not alone.
Weighing more GLP-1 drug concerns
Too much glitz, too little evidence, in full body scan stories
Why People May Stop Using GLP-1 Drugs
Do ultra-processed foods kill 124,000 Americans yearly?
ChatGPT still can’t do what my team did
Scrutinizing the study on cancer & exercise
RFK, Jr. attacks "corrupt journals" with a corrupt idea of his own
Trump's new Surgeon General pick embraces Woo Woo
Gun violence prevention apparently not a Trump priority
TIME gives Eli Lilly a lot of free advertising
Journalists: a heart attack is not the same as sudden cardiac arrest
Confessions of a drug ad writer & more celeb drug ads.
Rough ride on the RFK, Jr. rollercoaster
“Protective effect” of statins vs. dementia?
Another troubled tale at the FDA; what’s next?
Putting new Alzheimer's test in context
Highlights of first 3 months Substacking
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Disease-mongering in pharma obesity event
Questioning coronary artery calcium scans & news coverage thereof
Patterns, Pitfalls & Pollution of the Public Dialogue on Health Care
Marketing outpacing science on 2 women's health issues
And the Oscar goes to....Big Pharma ads?
Have you witnessed a sudden cardiac arrest?
If 23andMe tanks, what happens to your data?
It doesn't take much to fuel anti-vax fever
Beware social media’s medical misinformation
The uncomfortable uncertainty of cancer "cures"
“Dangerous” fake Tom Hanks diabetes ad
Viewers question breasts & spending in SB LIX ads
"The one supplement Halle Berry swears by"
Super Bowl weight loss drug ad controversy
A call for healthy skepticism to improve critical thinking about health care
Odell Beckham, Jr. & more pre-Super Bowl drug hype
Sports TV celeb Erin Andrews’ diagnosis makes splashy headlines
Critique of 1440 newsletter: Unbiased? Transparent?
Not so fast with private industry promises about AI for cancer vaccine
No, Washington Post, that’s NOT what the study found
Wow: ”medical journals” & headhunters want me?!?
10 egregious examples of profiteering & dysfunction in health care