BAD
NEWS SELLS BEST!
It is said that our brains are more
receptive to information in the mornings. Like everybody else I was scanning
through the news paper today morning and came across a article titled “POPULARDIABETES DRUG CAN CAUSE SIDE EFFECTS: STUDY”. By instinct went through the
details and to my horror it was about “Metformin”. The side effects mentioned
the article related to Vitamin B12 deficiency. This is a classical case of “OLD WINE IN A NEW BOTTLE” Vitamin B12
deficiency on prolonged use of Metformin has been known since ages and it forms
the basis of adding multivitamins in the Diabetes treatment schedule.
When reading this article
I felt the leading news papers should be more careful while reporting such
sensitive issues of public importance. I do agree that it is a reporter’s duty
to present the facts as such for people to decide but in certain places I think
it is not justified.
Here is what I feel...
