text_1: Potential Parkinson’s Treatment Explored
text_2: Reporters of some business stories we’ve evaluated say that our criteria aren’t fair to or shouldn’t be applied to business stories – that some health care industry business announcements may be incomplete but are still newsworthy. We have no disagreement with that latter statement. However, it is the framing of the news coverage at such times that is worth scrutinizing. This story demonstrated exemplary caution and analysis. And we hold it up to those who cover the business of health as an example of how you can satisfy most of our criteria – even with a very preliminary business announcement. Nice job. Parkinson’s disease is a progressive degenerative disease. While there are newer treatment options including newer drugs and deep brain stimulation, a definitive treatment remains elusize. Newer approaches, such as the delivery of a treatment directly to the sites in the brain affected by the disease are exciting possibilities. Stories about the development of new treatment approaches should focus on the difficulties and uncertainties as well as the possibilities. This story did a good job of that.