Lindy Washburn

Lindy Washburn is a senior healthcare reporter at NorthJersey.com. She covers a range of health issues and has a reputation for thorough, balanced reporting. Her work often focuses on research findings and their implications for public health.

Biography:  https://www.northjersey.com/staff/lwashburn/lindy-washburn/

95%

The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermines the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
Analysis.OverallConflictOfInterestScore * 0.3F + Analysis.OverallBiasScore * 0.3F + Analysis.DeceptivenessScore * 0.3F + Analysis.ReadabilityScore * 0.1F

A score that takes into consideration the content for flow, interruptions with ads, and overt search engine optimization techniques that makes the content hard to understand

The Daily's Verdict

This author is known for its high journalistic standards. The author strives to maintain neutrality and transparency in its reporting, and avoids conflicts of interest. The author has a reputation for accuracy and rarely gets contradicted on major discrepancies in its reporting.

Bias

90%

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  • In the article 'ADHD may triple dementia risk, Rutgers study makes a case', there is a slight bias favoring the perspective of the researchers.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

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No current examples available.

Contradictions

100%

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Deceptions

100%

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Recent Articles

Study Suggests Potential Link Between Adult ADHD and Increased Dementia Risk

Broke On: Thursday, 26 October 2023 A recent study by Rutgers University suggests that adults with ADHD may be three times more likely to develop dementia. The study involved a comprehensive analysis of health records of over 1.9 million adults. The study does not establish a direct cause-and-effect relationship between ADHD and dementia, but rather an association. Shared risk factors between ADHD and dementia, such as genetics, brain injuries, or other mental health disorders, could be the reason for the increased risk. Having ADHD does not guarantee an individual will develop dementia.