How did a TIME magazine article end up indexed by PubMed as a scientific paper?

I asked on Twitter:

How did a TIME magazine article end up indexed by PubMed as a scientific paper? http://bit.ly/NtClC and http://bit.ly/NB9F2

And here are the comments and answers:


FutureDocs I have wondered that too...had seen @TIME in Medline before about 9 hours ago from web in reply to AllergyNotes

bmljenny Since 1998 PubMed has selectively indexed a number of consumer mags. They don't consider them scientific. about 9 hours ago from web in reply to AllergyNotes

giustini How did TIME article get indexed in PubMed? http://bit.ly/NtClC Ves, these are 'out of scope', only in PubMed, not MEDLINE about 9 hours ago from web

giustini ...and, as pointed out, some consumer health cites are 'out of scope' AND indexed in MEDLINE about 7 hours ago from web in reply to bmljenny


Thanks all for the replies and helping me out with this question.