I had to take a little time to delve into the back pages of the major news organizations, but I finally found irrefutable proof that the profit motive is alive and well in determining many doctor's drug treatment recommendations and/or guidelines. This means that you, the health care consumer, had better take prescribed drug treatment programs with a grain of salt, at the very least.
"Meta-analysis combines the results of small studies and is often used to help interpret research and form treatment guidelines, but bias can creep in, a major US medical journal said Tuesday.
Information on funding and conflicts of interest by study authors who may have financial ties to drug companies are rarely disclosed in meta-analyses, according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association........" continue reading
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