Health News Anemic on Mainstream TV Media

Have you noticed that there is a media health news deficiency on your TV?  In 24 hours of TV observance, mostly redundant repetition, health news rarely got repeated or even mentioned.  In addition, health stories seemed to stem from some person's misfortune rather than their health challenge.  As many times as the story is repeated, rarely, if ever, is there a clue about what you could do if it happened to you.

Within a 24 hour period health commercials comprised more health information than actual broadcasts.  Most of these are via big pharma, heavily sedated with drug enticement for profit.  If you wanted to know about the daily health news like the current blood shortage or the new measles outbreak, you can read about it on line before it becomes old news on TV, if at all.

Of course there are newsworthy things going on in health medicine - everyday.  Drug recalls, disease outbreaks, new disease research, and public health hazards infect our communities daily.  Local news may mention it, and is more likely to carry health news you can actually use as well as local resources to help you out.

Medical information on TV is limited and stagnating. Sixty seconds on the news. Two minutes on the talk show after commercials on prescription medication. Outdated show on this channel, and outdated repeat on that channel in between the new show. Watch some on this channel then click and click to different channels to connect your medical news for today. Channel surfing can become quite cumbersome with a low yield within 24 hours. Excluding taped health shows the daily intermittent health news infusion averages less than one hour.

Solution: health channel. The TV box is probably the most used medium by which folks get their news and information. It is certainly a way to get information to people. The most used information source is one of the least used by the cutting edge medical field.

Health and medical coverage on TV is surely lacking in this consumer driven health conscious society. We can watch as much sports, cartoons, movies, news as we want, but we still have to piece together our medical information and supplement it with the written word, or health care providers’ spoken word.  

Great health is true wealth. Dedicated health channels and more daily health news would make us even healthier and richer. Transfuse, please.