Maiya Focht

Maiya Focht is a Health and Wellness Reporter for the DailyMail.com. She previously covered science at Business Insider and Scholastic Science World, and health at Medscape and WebMD. Maiya's reporting focuses on various aspects of health, wellness, and science.

Biography:  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/profile-1186/maiya-focht.html

97%

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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 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

95%

Examples:

  • Cigarette smoking was the biggest contributor to cancer cases and deaths in 2019.
  • Excess body weight could encompass people in both the overweight and obese categories.
  • Roughly seven in ten Americans are obese or overweight.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Contradictions

95%

Examples:

  • Nineteen percent of new diagnoses (344,070 people) were attributable to cigarette smoking.

Deceptions

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Recent Articles

Half of US Adult Cancer Cases and Deaths Preventable: Smoking, Obesity, Alcohol, Inactivity, UV Radiation

Half of US Adult Cancer Cases and Deaths Preventable: Smoking, Obesity, Alcohol, Inactivity, UV Radiation

Broke On: Thursday, 11 July 2024 Recent American Cancer Society studies reveal that nearly half of US cancer cases and deaths could be prevented through lifestyle changes. Leading causes include smoking (56% men, 39.9% women), excess body weight (7.6%), alcohol consumption (5.4%), physical inactivity (3.1%), and UV radiation exposure (4.6%). Making lifestyle adjustments like quitting smoking, maintaining a healthy weight, limiting alcohol, staying active, and protecting from UV rays could prevent 40% of adult cancer cases.