Re: st: Science for Sale

[Marcello Pagano <pagano@hsph.harvard.edu>]

This indeed is off topic.  Why did you persist beyond the apology?

As much as I may sympathize with the sentiments expressed, I don't want 
Statalist to degenerate into an advertising platform for Mark Hyman; he 
does very well for himself without our help, thank you.

Let's not expand the thread.

m.p.

On 10/2/2010 3:11 PM, Michael Morrison wrote:
> I apologize that this is off topic but it seems to me that the article 
> below identifies a very important issue touching all of us who admire 
> science, its critical claim to objectivity and the hope for science to 
> improve quality of life.
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> Take a look at:
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> Boutron, I., Dutton, S., Ravaud, P., and D.G. Altman. 2010. /Reporting 
> and interpretation of randomized controlled trials with statistically 
> nonsignificant results for primary outcomes./ JAMA. 303(20): 2058-64.
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> If you don't have access to JAMA read this article which summarizes 
> the results:
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> Science for Sale 
> <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mark-hyman/dangerous-spin-doctors-7-_b_747325.html> 
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> Here's the first paragraph to provide a flavor of the article:
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> "A recent study in the /Journal of the American Medical Association/ 
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> over 40 percent of the best designed, peer-reviewed scientific papers
> published in the world's top medical journals misrepresented the actual
> findings of the research.(i 
> <http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/303/20/2058>) The "spin 
> doctors" writing the papers found
> a way to show treatments worked, when in fact, they didn't."
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> The consequences of /"science for sale" /are enormous. Just when 
> society needs more decision-making based on the best science available 
> we have rats in the house posing as objective researchers, pocketing 
> money from corporations who stand to gain profits from published 
> "scientific" articles.
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