Study authors: On Medical School Conflict of Interest Policies, More...
[Boston White Coat Notes] Students at Brown University’s Alpert Medical School are prohibited from accepting gifts or meals from pharmaceutical companies and drug salespeople. Yet, when she was...
View ArticleMedecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) Closes Operations in Somalia Over ‘Extreme...
[BBC] Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is closing all its programmes in Somalia after 22 years working in the war-torn country. It said in a statement that the decision had been taken...
View ArticleCVS Thinks $50 is Enough Reward for Giving Up Healthcare Privacy
[LA Times]Since February, CVS Caremark has been pushing its pharmacists to enroll customers in a prescription-drug rewards program.The benefit to customers is the opportunity to earn up to $50 a year...
View ArticleConflicts of Interest Often Under-Reported in Clinical Trials
[MedPage Today] At least half of clinical trial study authors fail to report relevant conflicts of interest, according to an analysis of papers presented here Monday at the Peer Review Congress....
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Prevention For Profit: Questions Raised About Some Health Screenings
[Kaiser Health News] Messiah United Methodist Church in Springfield, Va., is unusually busy for a Thursday morning. It’s not a typical time for worship, but parishioner Stacy Riggs and her husband have...
View ArticleLong Island College Hospital not accepting any new patients
[New York Post] Only a day after its staunchest defender was elected mayor of New York City, financially troubled Long Island College Hospital decreed Wednesday that it would not accept any new...
View ArticleBumps in the Road to New Cholesterol Guidelines
[New York Times] It was supposed to be a moment of triumph. An august committee had for the first time relied only on the most rigorous scientific evidence to formulate guidelines to prevent heart...
View Article‘Aid in Dying’ Movement Takes Hold in Some States
[New York Times] DENVER — Helping the terminally ill end their lives, condemned for decades as immoral, is gaining traction. Banned everywhere but Oregon until 2008, it is now legal in five states. Its...
View ArticleShould doctors be paid by pharmaceutical companies to promote their drugs?
GlaxoSmithKline has announced it will no longer pay doctors to promote its drugs, nor reward sales representatives based on how many prescriptions doctors write. Judy Woodruff (of PBS NewsHour) gets...
View ArticleMed-school officials risk conflicts by serving on pharma boards
[FiercePharma] Much has been made recently over the potential conflicts of interest that arise when doctors take speaking fees from pharma companies. But as a new report suggests, some companies are...
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