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Category: medicine
Yesterday, the Institute of Medicine released a report entitled "Conflict of Interest in Medical Research, Education, and Practice". As far as I can tell, the full report is only available for a fairly substantial charge, but these are some of...
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Category: drug industry
Another doctor is caught not disclosing payments from drug companies, but when will the drug companies themselves be held responsible?
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Category: scientific activism
Drug safety advocate Dr. Steven E. Nissen
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Category: Bush Administration
And this administration's amazingly consistent ability to one-up itself.
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Category: capitalism
If sellers are allowed to compete freely without any regulations, market forces will inevitably drive down prices and improve the quality of services so that everyone wins. Right?
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Category: drug industry
I'll be honest with you: sometimes I really don't know what to think about drug companies. I'll give them some credit, since unlike many of their peers they produce a product that is useful to society and has important humanitarian implications. I want to like them--I really do--but when I read about things like this, it becomes pretty difficult.
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Category: capitalism
As my own department faces budget shortfalls and considers increasingly extreme measures to improve the situation, I thought it would be appropriate to bring back this post from the archives. The following post explores the results and interpretation of a...
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