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Claims of no harm: a call for improvement of medical reporting in medical journals
A typical example is given by the Scott Gotlieb´s report of results of a recent study published in Pediatrics.(2) It is stated, both in heading and in the body of this report, that there is "no connection", "no relation", "no link" between MMR vaccine and autism. Morover, the reporter failed to note study limitations and potential conflicts of interests. So the readers might be left with erroneous impression that the controversy relating to the risk of MMR vaccine is definitely resolved.
A number of papers published recently criticized press coverage for exaggerating the benefits and minimizing the harms.(3-5) As pointed out by freelance journalist R...
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