hype

Wrong! RFK Jr. tries to claim credit for obesity rate drop

No, the Trump Administration cannot truthfully imply that it is responsible for a drop in obesity rates.

Jul 1 • Gary Schwitzer

Farts & pig semen: guaranteed news coverage

Sometimes I just have to reach down into the gutter of garbage editorial decisions because maybe some of you will tell your news sources - “STOP!”

Apr 3 • Gary Schwitzer

Kennedy fuels the peptide craze

"Hypocritical quackery" says the Washington Post.

Mar 31 • Gary Schwitzer

Warning about marketing false hope from NFL team doctor

And what he wrote applies to non-professional weekend warriors as well

Jan 19 • Gary Schwitzer

Breaking down the knee arthritis "breakthrough"

Headlines matter. So does what appears in the story itself.

Jan 7 • Gary Schwitzer

Peptide promotions polluting the public dialogue

Celebrities, unproven claims, mixed messages from federal health agencies

Dec 2, 2025 • Gary Schwitzer

Curing arthritis? Bad use of the "C" word

As with cancer, arthritis is not a single entity. So a single silver bullet is unlikely.

Dec 1, 2025 • Gary Schwitzer

Mice & chocolate...and misleading claims

Journalists should not be stenographers hyping chocolate based on weak or non-existent evidence.

Nov 13, 2025 • Gary Schwitzer

FDA's menopause announcement dominated by hyperbole

Distortions...exaggerations...unfounded claims

Nov 12, 2025 • Gary Schwitzer

Debunking cancer news hype

Kudos to STAT News for "piercing the hype" on both

Sep 15, 2025 • Gary Schwitzer

Be a careful reader of "bee venom to treat cancer" news

In mice, not people, and perhaps not even close to human trials

Aug 6, 2025 • Gary Schwitzer

New Alzheimer's test: The coverage vs. context

When the FDA recently approved the Lumipulse blood test to help with diagnose of Alzheimer’s Disease, there was the usual roundup of hyperbole which can…

Jun 23, 2025 • Gary Schwitzer

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