The Editorial that Wasn't: Evidence for Systematic Research Manipulation Undetectable by Critical Review

Woe to those of us who have been advocates for evidence-based medicine.  A short description of the evidence-based medicine is medicine whos...

The Editorial that Wasn't: Evidence for Systematic Research Manipulation Undetectable by Critical Review 2015-05-18T00:57:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Pfizer CEO Now Acknowledges "We Need to be Straight with People"

Even the CEO of the world's largest pharmaceutical company is now conceding that unethical behavior by large health care corporations ha...

Pfizer CEO Now Acknowledges "We Need to be Straight with People" 2015-05-17T19:39:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Spun Silly: Academic Medical Center Cancer Treatment Advertising in the Era of Hype and Flim-Flam

Over the weekend, the New York Times reported on how prestigious academic medical centers advertise cancer care.  Here are some examples, ...

Spun Silly: Academic Medical Center Cancer Treatment Advertising in the Era of Hype and Flim-Flam 2015-05-15T04:31:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

To Whom Does a Leading "Off-Shore" Medical School Owe its Allegiance?

We have noted how existing US medical schools seem unwilling to invest or reward teaching (see post here .)   It is no secret in academic me...

To Whom Does a Leading "Off-Shore" Medical School Owe its Allegiance? 2015-05-15T03:06:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Socky the Meditech Sockpuppet on Vacation?

[Note: this post is written semi-satirically, but the issues it addresses are dead serious.] It seems Socky the HIT Sockpuppet, a.k.a. an...

Socky the Meditech Sockpuppet on Vacation? 2015-05-15T03:01:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Bring Back the DSI*? - the Avandia Case as Spy Novel

Starting in 2007, we posted quite a bit about the "Avandia case," which centered on whether Avandia (rosiglitazone, by GlaxoSmithK...

Bring Back the DSI*? - the Avandia Case as Spy Novel 2015-05-13T00:36:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Who Guards the Guardians? - the Case of Boston Scientific

The fallout from the case of the faulty implantable cardiac defibrillators continues.  To summarize the story thus far, We started posting...

Who Guards the Guardians? - the Case of Boston Scientific 2015-05-12T18:26:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Reading Between the Lines: "Scrappy" WellPoint as an Illustration of Contemporary Health Care's Flaws

Giant US for-profit insurance company/ managed care organization WellPoint has provided numerous examples of problems with the current way h...

Reading Between the Lines: "Scrappy" WellPoint as an Illustration of Contemporary Health Care's Flaws 2015-05-11T01:16:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

When a Key Opinion Leader Questions the Hand That Fed Him: from "Master Teacher to Someone Who Didn't Know What He Was Doing"

We just posted an update on the ongoing cozy relationship with medical device companies, in particular, those that make prosthetic hip and ...

When a Key Opinion Leader Questions the Hand That Fed Him: from "Master Teacher to Someone Who Didn't Know What He Was Doing" 2015-05-07T21:44:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

BLOGSCAN - Deceptive Pharmaceutical Marketing

Perhaps in honor of the recently concluded meeting organized by Dr Adriene Fugh-Berman and her colleagues at PharmedOut.org on the pharmace...

BLOGSCAN - Deceptive Pharmaceutical Marketing 2015-05-07T21:14:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Insel Admits His Statements "May be Viewed as Misleading"

Dr Bernard Carroll has posted several times, most recently here , about shenanigans by "key opinion leaders" in psychiatry whose a...

Insel Admits His Statements "May be Viewed as Misleading" 2015-05-07T21:08:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown