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Maryanne Demasi is an investigative medical reporter with a PhD in rheumatology, who writes for online media and top tiered medical journals. For over a decade, she produced TV documentaries for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and has worked as a speechwriter and political advisor for the South Australian Science Minister. She is a 2023 Brownstone fellow.
The case shines a light on how journalists cover scientific issues and how the media seeks to discredit those who challenge the official narrative.
Weight loss medications have a long history of successive failures. Many of them begin with great promise but often don’t live up to the hype or end up discontinued because of serious side effects.
Part 2 of this series explores how a focus on food policy could tackle the obesity crisis.
“I learnt very early on in my career that you cannot slice data the way they did.” says John Mandrola, a cardiac electrophysiologist.
