Medicine in the Popular Press: The Influence of the Media on Perceptions of Disease

Just A Theory referenced this article in "Media coverage affects your perception of diseases" on 30 Oct 2008 at 17:32 GMT

"Hearing about a disease in newspapers and on TV makes people overestimate its severity and the risk of catching it, a study from McMaster University in Canada has found. Diseases such as anthrax and SARS are considered to be more deadly than other simi..."

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"There are 25 new articles in PLoS ONE today. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. Here are my own picks for the week - you go..."