HEALTH/SPORT

Nevermind: Headline of Correction for NYT Piece on Projected Cost of Dementia

April 5, 2013   ·   0 Comments

By Dean Baker: The New York Times ran a front page piece warning readers that the cost of treating dementia is “soaring.” The piece tells readers of the ...

Can We Really “Cure” Autism?

By Hanna Rosin: Thursday morning’s New York Times points to an intriguing study ostensibly showing that some small percentage of people with autism can “outgrow” their symptoms.

New York Times’ ‘Seinfeld-esque’ Sports Page Shows the Power of Nothing

By Sara Dickenson Quinn: The New York Times sports staff reminded us of that again with their cover “story” about this year’s Baseball Hall of Fame inductees — or lack, thereof.

Lance Armstrong Doping Admission Could Be Coming Soon: REPORT

By AP: The New York Times reported Friday that Lance Armstrong, who has strongly denied the doping charges...

‘Survival of the Wrongest’

By David H. Freedman: In late 2011, in a nearly 6,000-word article in The New York Times Magazine, health writer Tara Parker-Pope laid out the scientific evidence ...

New York Times prescription for “When the Doctor Is Not Needed”

By Kate Randall: In the latest installment of what its editors describe as a “continuing examination of ways to cut the costs of medical care while ...

Mark Bittman’s Smart Take on Kids and Pesticides

By Tom Philpott: Last week, I took Dr. Oz to task for painting organic foods as a luxury item that distracts working families from the important task of ...

The New York Times Continues Its Campaign: Breast Cancer Screenings Cause More Harm Than Good

By Kate Randall: In an opinion piece in the November 21 edition of the New York Times, H. Gilbert Welch, M.D., M.P.H., writes that regular mammography screenings ...

Congrats, Boys. You Now Have Body Issues Too!

By Hanna Rosin: Yet another way in which boys are apparently becoming just like girls: They are obsessed with their bodies, according to this front page New York Times story today.

NYT Editor Takes Fall for Cornell Miscues

By Erik Wemple: Journalist Courtney Rubin, working as a freelancer for the New York Times, alighted on Ithaca, N.Y., with a great story.

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