Posted by Admin | 9:16 AM

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 | 2:03 PM

We have often discussed how health care organizations now seem prone to diversion from their stated missions, often when money is the object...

Labels: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, disease-specific organizations, executive compensation, guidelines, manipulating clinical research, mission-hostile management, Vertex Pharmaceutical

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 | 8:55 AM

For over 20 years, clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) have been touted to improve health care quality and control costs.  Enormous numbers ...

Labels: conflicts of interest, guidelines, Institute of Medicine, manipulating clinical research, SSRIs, suppression of medical research, transparency

Posted by Admin | 6:00 AM

The European Society of Cardiology just published its recommendations for interactions between medical societies and industry.(1)   The repo...

Labels: CME, conflicts of interest, European Society of Cardiology, guidelines, logical fallacies, medical societies