Eleanor Hayward

Eleanor Hayward is health editor at The Times. She reports from medical conferences around the world and covers all aspects of the NHS, focusing on the key issues affecting patients. She has been working as a health journalist since 2019, after starting her career as a news reporter at the Daily Mail.

Biography:  https://www.thetimes.co.uk/profile/eleanor-hayward

74%

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 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

85%

Examples:

  • The article suggests that vaping directly causes heart failure when there is no evidence to support this claim.

Conflicts of Interest

50%

Examples:

  • The Parsortix system provides an optimized, efficient, and standardized solution for harvesting CTCs from a diverse range of phenotypes.

Contradictions

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Deceptions

80%

Examples:

  • The title implies that this blood test will allow women to continue being mothers while undergoing cancer treatment.
  • Thousands of Brits with suspected lung cancer will be offered a new blood test to detect the killer disease quicker as part of an NHS trial.

Recent Articles

NHS England Warns Against Misuse of Weight-Loss Drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy for Achieving 'Beach Bodies'

NHS England Warns Against Misuse of Weight-Loss Drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy for Achieving 'Beach Bodies'

Broke On: Thursday, 13 June 2024 Britain's top doctor, Professor Sir Stephen Powis, warns against misuse of weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy for those seeking a 'beach body'. Concerned about reports of normal weight and underweight individuals obtaining these drugs without proper checks, Sir Stephen urges caution and stresses they should only be used by those with obesity or diabetes due to potential dangerous side-effects. The surge in popularity of these drugs has led to concerns over their easy access online and through beauty clinics, resulting in young girls suffering side-effects despite not being overweight.
Vaping Increases Heart Failure Risk by Nearly 20%: Study

Vaping Increases Heart Failure Risk by Nearly 20%: Study

Broke On: Tuesday, 02 April 2024 A new study found that vaping increases the risk of heart failure by nearly 20%. The research analyzed data from over 175,667 participants in the US and found that those who used e-cigarettes were almost a fifth more likely to develop heart failure compared with people who had never used them. Heart failure is a debilitating condition affecting more than 1 million UK adults and around 6.5million in the US, where it causes symptoms such as shortness of breath, fatigue, and swelling in the ankles or legs.
Revolutionizing Lung Cancer Detection: ctDNA Liquid Biopsies Provide Personalized Treatment Plans with Fewer Side Effects

Revolutionizing Lung Cancer Detection: ctDNA Liquid Biopsies Provide Personalized Treatment Plans with Fewer Side Effects

Broke On: Thursday, 21 March 2024 A new blood test called ctDNA liquid biopsies can detect lung cancer at an early stage and provide targeted treatments for patients. These tests look for tiny fragments of tumor DNA circulating in the bloodstream and allow doctors to make more accurate diagnoses, offer personalized treatment plans, and have fewer side effects than traditional chemotherapy.