24 February, 2015

SENSIBLE NEWS Vs SENSATIONAL NEWS!!!

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...


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