More of us are labelled as sick with the constantly changing diagnostic cut-offs for diseases. Now an international expert panel has drafted a list of things to consider before setting new thresholds.
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Scientists need funding to do their work. But a new study finds turning to industry partners taints perceptions of university research, and including other kinds of partners doesn’t really help.
Conflict of interest laws are often not cut and dried. They involve interpretation by lawyers within the Justice Department and judges.
We haven’t had a major government ethics scandal since Watergate, which means Americans have forgotten how bad it can be. That’s why Trump may end up accidentally reminding us.
The president-elect doesn’t think his extensive business and other conflicts will be a problem when he’s president. Research suggests it’s because of a behavioral bias that affects us all.
Food, drug and other companies often sponsor research in the hope it might produce results favourable to their products. How can we ensure such research remains independent?
When even the most senior politicians go on to work as lobbyists, it can profoundly undermine democracy.
The former Fox News CEO crossed the line between unbiased coverage and political activism with ease.
Picture a scientist employed by a pharmaceutical company publishing research results that were important bricks in a wall of evidence that could massively benefit their employer down the track. Imagine…
One of the biggest recent controversies in medicine involves the effectiveness of the antiviral drug Tamiflu. Governments have stockpiled the drug but many have raised doubts about its usefulness.
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Joel Lexchin é um amigo do The Conversation.Professor Emeritus of Health Policy and Management, York University, Canada
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Chief Scientist, Center for Bioethics and Humanities and Professor of Medicine and Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
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Professor, School of Pharmacy and Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Ellis N. Brandt Professor of Public Relations, Michigan State University
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Associate Professor of Communications, Penn State
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Professor and Director of Doherty Epidemiology, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Politics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of English, Arizona State University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Florida
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Professor of Sociology, Michigan State University
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Professor in Lyman Briggs College, Fisheries & Wildlife, and Philosophy, Michigan State University
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PhD Student in Media and Information Studies, Michigan State University
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Assistant Professor of the History of Science and Technology, Durham University
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Professor, Accounting and Finance, City, University of London
