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What the headline giveth, the critique often taketh away: The "News and headlines" feature of EvidenceUpdates
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Try visiting the EvidenceUpdates website (http://plus.mcmaster.ca/evidenceupdates) via an internet browser (rather than through a hyperlink from an e-mail alert). If you do, you will be rewarded with "News and headlines" as one of the treasures that are only offered on the EU home page before logging in or upon logging out.
"News and headlines" reports the findings of "Behind the headlines," a service for practitioners and consumers that critically examines very recent lay news reports about science and health. It is sponsored by the UK National Health Service Knowledge Service, prepared by Bazian, a UK evidence-based information service provider, and edited by the NHS.
A recent example illustrates this feature. The Daily Express (which bills itself as the "world’s greatest newspaper") featured an article titled "HOW OLIVE OIL CAN HELP IN BREAST CANCER FIGHT" (www.nhs.uk/news/2008/12December/Pages/Oliveoilandbreastcancer.aspx). A title for a picture of oil-containing jars in this article
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