Reading the media

Lots of headlines about "new" cures make it to the newspaper headlines, but frequently you need to read the small print, if you can find it, to see that the story is about animal research that has not yet been applied to humans, and may never be, or that numbers are small; such as one report available today on a new treatment for a common disease, that affects millions, but was tried on only 7 patients. Such studies should remain in the research journals, but reporters need to make deadlines just as researchers need to publish or perish!