Facebook Bans Tobacco Ads, But The Tobacco Industry Finds Other Ways To Market To Teens On The Platform
As Facebook comes under fire for its advertising and data-sharing practices, researchers have discovered that e-cigarettes and other tobacco products are being hawked on the platform to teens.
Hundreds Of Researchers Are Trying To Replicate High-Profile Psychology Studies
Tired of flashy research that fails to hold up, psychologists around the world are taking it upon themselves to redo influential studies.
After A Torrent Of Criticism, A Journal Just Retracted A Study Pushing The Trendy “Gut Makeover” Diet
A journal just retracted a study supporting the “Gut Makeover” diet, one of countless ventures to seize on microbiome hype.
Customers Are Suing A Fertility Center That May Have Damaged Thousands Of Eggs And Embryos
At least two lawsuits have been filed against Pacific Fertility Center in San Francisco after thousands of frozen eggs and embryos were potentially damaged.
The FDA Is Cracking Down On A Website That Lets You Take A Vision Test From Home
Opternative, a startup that lets people get a glasses prescription without leaving home, has received a warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration.
The Seven Biggest Lies Theranos Told
Theranos, led by CEO and founder Elizabeth Holmes, raised more than $700 million on the promise of a revolutionary blood-testing technology that never materialized. The Securities and Exchange Commission just charged Holmes with “massive fraud.”
The “Right To Try” Unapproved Therapies Just Got Shot Down, And Medical Experts Are Relieved
A law that would give terminally ill patients the “right to try” unapproved treatments — and largely bypass federal regulators — failed to pass the House of Representatives on Tuesday.
A Scientist Who Worked Closely With Brian Wansink Is No Longer At His Job
Collin Payne has come under fire for his studies with Brian Wansink, a renowned food marketing scientist at Cornell University. As of January, Payne is no longer a professor at New Mexico State University.
An Ivy League Food Scientist Has Retracted Yet Another Study — His Sixth
The withdrawn paper, about getting kids to eat more vegetables, is Cornell professor Brian Wansink’s sixth retraction.
Here’s How Cornell Scientist Brian Wansink Turned Shoddy Data Into Viral Studies About How We Eat
Brian Wansink won fame, funding, and influence for his science-backed advice on healthy eating. Now, emails show how the Cornell professor and his colleagues have hacked and massaged low-quality data into headline-friendly studies to “go virally big time.”
This Controversial Ivy League Scientist Left His Kickstarter Donors High And Dry
Cornell University food scientist Brian Wansink, who’s embroiled in research misconduct allegations, now has another problem: Kickstarter donors who say they never got what they were promised. Wansink apologized to them after an inquiry from BuzzFeed News.
Scientists Are Doubting A Famous Study That Claimed You Can Be Easily Tricked Into A False Confession
A study made headlines in 2015 for claiming that 70% of people could be convinced they’d committed a false crime. Now critics are pushing back on the study — and it’s getting a formal correction.
This Biohacker Just Injected Himself With A DIY Herpes Treatment
Aaron Traywick made himself a guinea pig for a never-before-tested gene therapy for herpes made by his own company. Legal experts say that distributing these unproven therapies may be against the law.
The CDC Says It Will Keep Tracking The Flu During The Shutdown
The public health agency says it will continue tracking nationwide flu cases, though at a slower pace. Flu experts had worried the program would be paused, as it was in the 2013 shutdown.
Dudes Now Have An Easy Way Of Getting Drugs For Their Hair (And Their Sex Lives)
A wave of men’s health startups are prescribing balding and erectile-dysfunction drugs over the internet. But some doctors worry that the companies are set up to push medications on patients who might not need them.
Insurer Settles Lawsuit For $17 Million For Accidentally Outing HIV Patients
A lawsuit alleged that Aetna committed a privacy breach when it mailed thousands of envelopes that revealed patients’ HIV medications through the windows.
These Food Products Are Considered “Healthier” For Kids By The Food Industry
In response to criticism over its role in the childhood obesity epidemic, the food industry vowed to only run TV ads for “healthier” foods to kids. Critics say the industry’s self-imposed rules don’t do much beyond giving them good publicity.
Food Scientist Brian Wansink Is Getting Yet Another Paper Retracted, This Time For “Unreliable Data”
Brian Wansink of Cornell University is retracting his fifth paper in less than a year.
These 13 Startups And Products Didn’t Make It Through 2017
Goodnight, sweet Juicero machine.
No Words Are Actually Banned At The CDC, Its Director Says
CDC Director Brenda Fitzgerald pushed back against a Washington Post report that her staff was prohibited from using seven words, including “transgender,” “fetus,” and “evidence-based.”