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For years, clinical practice guidelines promulgated by prominent health care organizations have been hailed with accolades as received wisdo...

Labels: American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, conflicts of interest, evidence-based medicine, guidelines, logical fallacies

Posted by Admin | 11:55 AM

Evidence-based medicine proposes patient care decisions based on the best evidence from critically reviewed clinical research, knowledge of...

Labels: conflicts of interest, deception, evidence-based medicine, judgment and decision psychology, key opinion leaders, logical fallacies, marketing

Posted by Admin | 9:11 AM

This may be a first.  A Wall Street Journal story announced that the "key opinion leader" who played a pivotal role in the promot...

Labels: conflicts of interest, Endo Health Solutions, evidence-based medicine, guidelines, JCAHO, key opinion leaders, narcotics, Purdue Pharma, regulatory capture, stealth marketing

Posted by Admin | 12:17 PM

"The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning. Then the soul-erosion produced by high gambling - a ...

Labels: clinical trials, crime, Elan, evidence-based medicine, expert networks, inside information, SAC Capital, Wyeth

Posted by Admin | 5:25 PM

The development of the randomized controlled clinical trial (RCT) was one of the major scientific advances in clinical medicine.  RCTs provi...

Labels: clinical trials, evidence-based medicine, manipulating clinical research, Neurontin, Pfizer, suppression of medical research