Medical Reporting by the Media

Interesting story.  I've noticed some of the issues they bring up.  Political stories have similar problems - a candidate can read millions by stating something false, but the correction will only read a few percent of the original audience. 

Media Omit Basic Facts in Medical Reports - Yahoo! News

# Only 2 of 175 stories about unpublished studies noted that the study was unpublished.
# One-third of the articles failed to mention how many participants were in a study [studies with only a few test subjects are sometimes later refuted by larger studies].
# 40 percent of the reports did not quantify the main result of the research.
# Just one out of 17 news reports on animal studies noted that results might not apply to humans.

Is this why we think a cure for cancer is around the corner?