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Distortions: Part Deux

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  1. More on distortions in medical science.

    news.independent.co.ukstory.jsp
    tory=514317

    "Heart drugs prescribed for abnormal heart rhythm introduced
    in the late Seventies were estimated to kill more Americans
    each year by 1990 than the Vietnam War. Yet early evidence
    which suggested the drugs were lethal, and might have saved
    thousands, went unpublished."

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    In cancer, heart disease, mental health and related fields
    the industry has sponsored trials of new drugs which have
    held out great promise for patients. But when the same drugs
    have been tested in independent trials paid for by non-
    profit organisations - governments, medical institutions or
    charities - they have yielded different results.

    -----------snip for brevity------------

    In the latest case, researchers commissioned by the National
    Institute for Clinical Excellence (Nice) to develop
    guidelines for prescribing antidepressant drugs to children,
    say they were refused access to unpublished trials held by
    the pharmaceutical companies.

    Excerpts from the url above. ZEE

  2. [email hidden] (fresh~horses) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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    More on distortions in medical science. news.indep-news.indep-
    endent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/story.jsp?story=514317

    Thanks for the kind words Smoke!

    The Independent story is a four-parter. Three parts are free
    one $$. Anyone have an Independent subscription?

    Pharmaceutical companies accused.. Jeremy Laurance The
    independent April 24

    Pharmaceutical companies accused of manipulating drug trials
    for profit news.independent.co.uknews.independent.co.uk
    story.jsp?story=514317

    Link between industry authors and their results news-news-
    .independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/story.jsp?story=514316

    Firms become more aggressive as productivity crisis takes
    its toll news.independent.co.ukst
    ory.jsp?story=514315

    Zee Fresh~Horses

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