News tagged with conflict of interest
More cutting-edge cancer research supported by industry
Nearly half of the research presented at ASCO's annual meeting last year came from researchers with ties to companies, and the amount appears to be increasing every year, according to new findings from Fox Chase Cancer Center. ...
Cancer
May 17, 2012 |
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Disclosure of financial conflicts of interest may worsen medical bias
"Journals, professional associations, clinical guideline developers, and others need to worry not just that disclosure provides a band-aid to the real problem of the [conflict of interest] itself, but that any attempt to ...
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Apr 24, 2012 |
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Oxiplex improves outcomes after lumbar discectomy
(HealthDay) -- The use of Oxiplex gel (containing carboxymethylcellulose, polyethylene oxide, and calcium) to coat the surgical site during discectomy procedures for the treatment of lumbar disc herniation ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 24, 2012 |
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American Cancer Society revises cancer screening guideline process
The American Cancer Society has revised its guideline formation process to achieve greater transparency, consistency, and rigor in creating guidance about cancer screening. The new methods align with new principles from the ...
Cancer
Dec 13, 2011 |
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Industry conflicts of interest are pervasive among medical guideline panel members
Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that conflicts of interest (COI) are prevalent and potentially underreported among individuals participating in the development of clinical practice guidelines, which ...
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Oct 12, 2011 |
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British lawmakers in rare debate on abortion law
(AP) -- British lawmakers are reconsidering the country's approach to abortion, igniting a debate over whether clinics that are paid to carry out abortions should also be allowed to give advice to women unsure how to handle ...
Health
Sep 06, 2011 |
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Lack of research into widely used acne treatments could be limiting their effectiveness
There are many products that are publicised as cures for acne, often at considerable expense to both consumers and the health-care system, but there is very little evidence of which ones work best and for whom. Few studies ...
Medications
Aug 29, 2011 |
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Study reveals that financial conflicts of interest are associated with positive study outcomes
Results demonstrate that 91% of RCTs recording this kind of FCOI achieved a positive - outcome, compared to 66.7% of RCTs without specific FCOI (p=0.02) and adjusting for confounding factors did not change this finding.
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May 27, 2011 |
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Rise of for-profit hospice industry raises troubling questions, new study says
A new survey of hospice care in the United States says that the rapidly growing role of for-profit companies in providing end-of-life care for terminally ill patients raises serious concerns about whose interests are being ...
Health
May 18, 2011 |
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Ensuring research integrity
Canada needs an agency to investigate research misconduct, states an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Other
May 09, 2011 |
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Corporate links of global health foundations may conflict with philanthropic interest
Major philanthropic foundations in global health, which often influence and shape the international global health agenda, have links with food and pharmaceutical corporations that could constitute a conflict of interest to ...
Other
Apr 12, 2011 |
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