Malorye Branca

Malorye Branca has been an award-winning medical science writer for more than 20 years. She specializes in spotting key trends and breakthroughs in medicine, science, health IT, and health delivery. Malorye is the co-author of the book Moneyball Medicine.

Biography:  https://www.insideprecisionmedicine.com/about-us/

79%

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

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The Daily's Verdict

This author has a mixed reputation for journalistic standards. It is advisable to fact-check, scrutinize for bias, and check for conflicts of interest before relying on the author's reporting.

Bias

80%

Examples:

  • CD4 T cells were found to be in a more inflammatory state
  • CD8 T cells showed signs of exhaustion preferentially

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Contradictions

75%

Examples:

  • COVID can have a physiological affect on the body that makes exercise feel difficult even when you're over the virus.

Deceptions

55%

Examples:

  • The sentence 'Our analysis suggested an improper crosstalk between the cellular and humoral adaptive immunity in LC' implies that there is a causal relationship between this crosstalk and long COVID. However, no evidence is presented to support this claim.

Recent Articles

Long COVID and the Challenges of Exercise: A Comprehensive Analysis

Long COVID and the Challenges of Exercise: A Comprehensive Analysis

Broke On: Monday, 15 January 2024 A new study in Nature Communications reveals that long COVID patients may struggle with exercise due to cellular changes caused by the virus. The research found that CD4 T cells were in a more inflammatory state, suggesting viral persistence. Another study published in Nature Immunology discovered immune dysregulation and uncoordinated adaptive immune response as factors contributing to long COVID symptoms. A third study published in ERJ Open Research highlights the impact of COVID on oxygen delivery to the body's tissues, which may lead to limitations in lung and heart function during activity.