11 patients? Would this story have been reported so prominently if it weren't the week between Christmas and New Year's? No costs, no harms, no independent analysis, classic disease-mongering....

No data on safety or effectiveness, and no mention of costs. For a story about an exotic new technology that might replace a standard practice whose cost is well established, this is inexplicable....

Good job explaining the relevance of new findings to the consumer. Oddly, though, it never mentioned flexible sigmoidoscopy so discussion of alternatives was incomplete....

Overall, a good job, but with some inaccuracies in the way the journal article was reported....

Excessively positive story tone. The study's limitations should have been made clear. Serious surgical side-effects were not reported. Unnecessarily loaded language used to dramatize findings....

A look at one column in "The Unreal World" series, which reviews health issues in prime time TV shows. Nice concept, well executed. There are a few things we wish they addressed....

The paper slashed an original AP story from 939 words down to 369. It's premature to say this will "end any doubt" on the risk-benefit ratio. We think many women would find this story sorely lacking....

Women taking these drugs may be alarmed about the increased fracture risk. So the story should have given absolute risks, and discussed risk-benefit implications....

The story does a great job of making a very complex concept easier for the reader to understand - demonstrating the downsides of our love of imaging pictures. We need a lot more like this. Bravo!...

The story was particularly strong in providing absolute differences, citing an array of sources, providing context about the funding agency and how results differed from prior studies. Well done. 
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This story does a good job of presenting accurate, comprehensive information -  a balanced approach in presenting the evidence supporting the pros and cons of the test.
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