title: The reporting of medical findings needs to be overhauled to prevent the media's obsession with health scare stories.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Institute of Child Health, London.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bedford
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D005239:Fear; D006266:Health Education / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D018156:Journalism, Medical / Q000592:standards*; D008402:Mass Media