[Avian Flu] Medical Journal Says It Was Again Misled

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Wasn't it quite a while a go that this was first shared with the

public? Now after all this time, and another 2 incidents in one

month- again they were simply misled? Anyone else think this is a

bit odd?

Misty L. Trepke

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Medical Journal Says It Was Again Misled

Posted by: " Randice " randiceaj

Thu Jul 13, 2006 5:36 pm (PST)

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/071306HA.shtml

 

Medical Journal Says It Was Again Misled

The Associated Press

 

Thursday 13 July 2006

 

Chicago - 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.

 

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