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From | Marcello Pagano <pagano@hsph.harvard.edu> |
To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
Subject | Re: st: Science for Sale |
Date | Sun, 03 Oct 2010 10:09:32 -0400 |
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.Take a look at: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.If you don't have access to JAMA read this article which summarizes the results:Science for Sale <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mark-hyman/dangerous-spin-doctors-7-_b_747325.html>Here's the first paragraph to provide a flavor of the article:"A recent study in the /Journal of the American Medical Association/ foundover 40 percent of the best designed, peer-reviewed scientific papers published in the world's top medical journals misrepresented the actualfindings of the research.(i <http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/303/20/2058>) The "spin doctors" writing the papers founda way to show treatments worked, when in fact, they didn't."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.Mike * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
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