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NHS Choices Behind the Headlines: Resource of the week #28

What is it?
NHS Choices Behind the Headlines is part of the NHS Choices website. The Behind the Headlines section investigates and analyses reported news headlines on health-related topics – separating fact from fiction or exaggeration at least.

Key Features
You’ll find analysis of recently reported health topics. The website investigates how the news has been reported; it identifies the research paper that the news is based on and critically appraises the paper to determine whether the reported headlines are justified.

Items are presented in chronological order, although you can select to view items by category.

How can it help you?
The articles created here can show really useful examples of how to critically appraise a paper. They also give you pointers as to the types of questions you should be asking when looking at how research has been conducted.

How to access it?
NHS Choices Behind the Headlines is freely available on the Internet. You can also find the items via the NHS Choices twitter feed with hashtag, #behindtheheadlines.

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