Yip S Y, Namah D, Cook R, Isles C
Medical Unit Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, Dumfries, UK.
Bazian, Economist Intelligence Unit Healthcare, London, UK.
J R Coll Physicians Edinb. 2018 Sep;48(3):251-256. doi: 10.4997/JRCPE.2017.312.
Previous attempts to improve the quality of health journalism have not led to more responsible reporting of health news.
We reviewed the front pages of three daily tabloid and three daily broadsheet UK newspapers during a 1 month period in 2017 for medical headlines in which claims were made for diets, lifestyle behaviours or drug therapies that influence health.
Front page medical headlines were carried by the Daily Express (11), Daily Mail (two), Daily Mirror (one) and Daily Telegraph (one). Neither the Guardian nor the Independent carried medical stories on their front pages during the period of study. Eleven headlines suggested benefits and three suggested harm. One headline accurately reflected its source material, but in this instance the source material was of doubtful clinical relevance. The remaining 13 headlines either exaggerated benefit (seven), exaggerated harm (two) or made false claims (four).
The cumulative effect of everyday misreporting of medical stories in UK newspapers may not only serve to confuse the public but also have serious consequences for public health.
以往提高健康新闻报道质量的尝试并未带来更负责任的健康新闻报道。
我们在2017年的1个月时间里，查阅了英国三份每日小报和三份每日大报的头版，寻找有关饮食、生活方式行为或影响健康的药物疗法的医学头条新闻。
《每日快报》（11条）、《每日邮报》（2条）、《每日镜报》（1条）和《每日电讯报》（1条）都有头版医学头条新闻。在研究期间，《卫报》和《独立报》的头版均未刊登医学报道。11条头条新闻暗示了益处，3条暗示了危害。一条头条新闻准确地反映了其原始资料，但在这种情况下，原始资料的临床相关性存疑。其余13条头条新闻要么夸大了益处（7条）、夸大了危害（2条），要么提出了虚假主张（4条）。
英国报纸对医学报道的日常错误报道的累积效应不仅可能使公众感到困惑，还可能对公众健康产生严重后果。
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