Table 2 Diseases tackled by drugs reported in the analysed news articles
From: News coverage of drug development: implications for the conveyance of health information
Disease | Number of articles | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Cancer | 30 | 23.4% |
Infectious disease | 29 | 22.7% |
Neurodegenerative disease | 18 | 14.1% |
Immunological disease | 13 | 10.2% |
Kidney disorder (except cancer) | 11 | 8.6% |
Type 2 diabetes | 8 | 6.3% |
Cardiovascular disease | 6 | 4.7% |
Neuropsychiatric disorder | 3 | 2.3% |
Bone rarefaction | 2 | 1.6% |
Miscellaneous | 10 | 7.8% |