How threats by industry weakened one of the few previously independent agencies, which evaluates medical interventions, and how the USPSTF has subsequently issued guidelines that a number of experts say are contributing to overdiagnosis and overtreatment.
Read MoreWritten with widely respected cancer doctor and methodologist, Vinay Prasad, this article reviews the failure of many cancer screening tests to “save lives”
Read MoreThe ugly (and true) history of the FDA’s rejection of advisors who raised concerns about drug and device safety while relying on advisors with ties to industry:
Read MoreThe title says it all.
Read MoreLittle known to the public and even to some CDC employees, the CDC takes money from industry and promotes their commercial messaging. Examples given.
Read MoreThe flu hype – and the money behind the CDC’s “Take 3” campaign.
Read MoreSeveral organisations have recommended greatly expanded screening for hepatitis C infection.
Read MoreWhy the majority of neurosurgeons said they would continue complying with a guideline they believed was useless at best and deadly at worst
Read MoreJournalists often forget that conflicts of interest may bias the opinions of their expert sources. Jeanne Lenzer and Shannon Brownlee explain how, in an attempt to disentangle commercial messages from science, they have compiled a list of nearly 100 independent medical experts to whom reporters can turn
Read MoreAfter revelations that the CDC is receiving some funding from industry, Jeanne Lenzer investigates how it might have affected the organisation’s decisions
Read MoreDespite repeated calls to prohibit or limit conflicts of interests among authors and sponsors of clinical guidelines, the problem persists.
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