What can the health sector learn from advertising? How can we send a clear health message to the community in advertising and health promotion campaigns that supports healthy lifestyles? How... Read more
Below is a presentation that I gave to the Royal College of Nursing, Australia (RCNA) conference in Cairns on Friday, May 25, canvassing the implications of the digital revolution for health... Read more
The latest update from Media Doctor Australia examines media coverage of new technologies for diagnosis and treatment of genetic disorders, and makes some recommendations to help journalists... Read more
For those who have been alarmed by recent headlines about the dangers of sleeping pills and red meat, below are links to some further analyses that are worth reading, courtesy of Media Docto... Read more
In her latest report on the activities of Media Doctor Australia, Amanda Wilson has some good news about the quality of health reporting. And at the bottom of her post are some links to rece... Read more
As previously mentioned, Croakey readers are welcome to sign up for (rather irregular) summaries of posts. If you’d like to join the mailing list, please send your email or leave it below. H... Read more
In the previous post, Gary Schwitzer gave an overview of an impressive upgrade to the HealthNewsReview website in the US. In the article below, Dr Amanda Wilson describes the funding constra... Read more
The HealthNewsReview website, which evaluates US media coverage of medical interventions, has had an upgrade. Below is a note from Gary Schwitzer explaining the changes (which have had a pos... Read more
Dr Amanda Wilson puts forward an interesting hypothesis below, in her regular update on the activities of Media Doctor Australia. Perhaps the annual lifecycle of medical research is reflecte... Read more
The latest report from the team at Media Doctor Australia suggests that media audiences would benefit from more detail about whether tests, treatments and other medical interventions making... Read more
