House Calls, #931, July 7, 2024: Risks and benefits. How media and our all-too-human personal biases and logical fallacies in combination with the anchoring effect assists the misinformation cavalcade.

An interesting article about how weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy were reported to reduce the risk of ten common cancers was overshadowed by headlines earlier in the week about rare cases of unilateral blindness with their use. An excellent example of anchoring bias.

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