Once again, the New England Journal of Medicine (July 13, 2006) has had to eat crow after it published false and misleading clinical trial findings.
Continue reading →
Research Integrity
“Do Antidepressants Cure or Create Abnormal Brain States?”
A provocative article by Dr. Joanna Moncrieff and Dr. David Cohen, PLOS Medicine, June 5. Continue reading →
Intermittent Explosive Disorder-a parody
It is difficult to believe this latest announcement laying claim to a new "under treated" psychiatric disorder–Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED) is not a parody !!
Continue reading →
Real-Life Epilogue To “Erin Brockovich”: Medical Journal Retracts Fraudulent Chromium/Cancer Study
The Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (JOEM) has published a retraction of a 1997 fraudulent article claiming chromium does not cause
cancer.
Continue reading →
Industry’s Role–NYT_Just how much ‘new research’ can we trust? Sunday Times
“There is a crisis of credibility in medicine and science,” says Dr Joseph Sonnabend who, as a former virologist for the Medical Research Council and a retired Aids physician, has watched the basis for public confidence decline.
Continue reading →
Trial Analyst Finds Embarassing Inconsistencies in NIMH Flawed Safety Study
GSK’s acknowledgement refutes the recent claims made in the official organ of the American Psychiatric Association, The American Journal of Psychiatry.
Continue reading →
Bitter Pill: NEJM Waited 5 Years to Report Missing Data from published Vioxx Study_WSJ
A documented report by David Armstrong of The Wall Street Journal (below) shatters the last glimmer of illusion about The New England Journal of Medicine as a bastion of scientific and moral integrity. Continue reading →
Science’s Gatekeepers, a Credibility Gap_Dr. Lawrence Altman,
"Virtually every major scientific and medical journal has been humbled recently by publishing findings that are later discredited." NYT
Continue reading →
Scientific Misconduct: Cleaning Up the Paper Trail_SCIENCE
The APRIL 7, 2006 issue of SCIENCE Magazine contains one of the most important articles that tackles research fraud. Continue reading →
FDA Psychopharm Advisory Chair Acknowledges No Evidence for SSRI Chemical Imbalance Claims_CMAJ
"Biological psychiatrists have looked very closely for a serotonin imbalance or dysfunction in patients with depression or obsessive compulsive disorder and, to date, it has been elusive," says Dr. Wayne Goodman, Chair of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee.
‘Debate’- Case Against Scientific Validity of Mental Screens– NAS- Sci-Tech Policy Fellows Seminar
The importance of debate in science cannot be overstated. Without the challenge of debate, science is dominated by "authorities" who provide only the veneer of science without substance supported by evidence. Correct url for power point: https://www.ahrp.org/children/teenscreen/debateNAS0206.ppt
Reporters Find Science Journals Harder to Trust, but Not Easy to Verify–NY Times
"My antennae are definitely up since the whole thing unfolded," acknowledged Rob Stein, science reporter of The Washington Post. Continue reading →