This Kind of Reporting is No Help to Back Pain Patients

June 16, 2007
by: Stephanie

Kudos to Gary Schwitzer for humorously discrediting a recent article that needs to be discredited - "Chronic Back Pain Breakthroughs: end back pain agony" in the July issue of Reader's Digest.

This article hypes new technologies - such as a "magic spine wand" - using anecdotes and exciting quotes, and offering no research findings or evidence. Come on. Chronic back pain is a serious medical issue. Don't report on it with the same flippancy you would use in reviewing the latest celebrity antics or rehab stints.

Posted by: Stephanie