Don't know if you're still sparring with Skolnick over the TM page, but I thought you might at least get a chuckle out of this. Doesn't sound as though JAMA plans to have one of its news editors write a muckraking expose of these researchers, does it?
July 13, 2006 Medical Journal Says It Was Again Misled By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO, July 12 For the second time in two months, The Journal of the American Medical Association says it was misled by researchers who failed to reveal financial ties to drug companies. The journal is tightening its policies for researchers as a result. Dr. Catherine DeAngelis, the journal's editor in chief, said her main concern was the impact on readers, who she said needed to know about researchers' financial conflicts of interest to properly evaluate their studies. The latest incident, disclosed in letters to the editor and a correction in Wednesday's journal, involves a study showing that pregnant women who stop taking antidepressants risk slipping back into depression. Most of the 13 authors have financial ties to drug companies including antidepressant makers, but only two of them revealed their ties when the study was published in February. Antidepressant use during pregnancy is controversial, and some studies have suggested that the drugs could pose risks to the fetus. The authors of the study defended their research in a letter to the editor published Wednesday. The lead author, Dr. Lee Cohen of Massachusetts General Hospital, who is on the speaker's bureau for eight drug companies, disputed that such ties could influence findings. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/XISQkA/lOaOAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
