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|Articles|May 6, 2013
Aging eyes deserve evidence-based reporting, research
"Look for evidence, and don't fall for iffy claims," says Liz Seegert in Associations of Health Care Journalists blog.
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“Aging eyes deserve reporting based on science and best practices,” writes Liz Seegert, topic leader on aging for the Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ).
Writing in a blog on the AHCJ Web site, Seegert urges journalists to “look for clinical evidence and not fall for unsupported or iffy claims.” Seegert directs her colleagues to a concise directive on what journalists need to know to evaluate research. [http://healthjournalism.org/core-topic.php?id=4]
Seegert’s blog sets a good example by including:
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