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The list of potential conflicts of interest in authors of the NEJM obesity myths paper
A paper in the New England Journal of Medicine, “Myths, Presumptions, and Facts about Obesity,” drew lots of news attention. The authors reported: We identified seven obesity-related myths concerning the effects of small sustained increases in energy intake or expenditure, establishment of realistic goals for weight loss, rapid weight loss, weight-loss readiness, physical-education classes, breast-feeding, […]
10/20/2010Big Oil, Big Ag, Big Pharma: Are Our Universities Corporate Sellouts?
Journalist Keith Goetzman asks this question on the Utne Reader site. Excerpts: “Are our institutions of higher learning becoming dens of corporate complicity? That’s the thread running through a spate of recent stories that reveal how a trio of heavies–Big Oil, Big Agriculture, and Big Pharma–are pulling strings at U.S. universities. Each tale, on its […]
4 10/15/2010Bioethicist to Wyeth: "Walk it Off, Crybaby"
To cap off a week on this blog that featured several posts about drug industry influence on medicine or on journalism, here are excerpts of Dr. Carl Elliott’s column on the Hastings Center’s Bioethics Forum: “…consider the indignant letter posted recently in PLoS Medicine by an attorney for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. Apparently, Wyeth is upset about […]
7/15/2009Even non-journalists see a problem with pharma sponsored news training
John Mack’s background is in pharma marketing (and other things). Yet he joins the ranks of people who see problems with the Pfizer-funded journalism training being hosted by the National Press Foundation and promoted by the Society of Professional Journalists. Read his blog entry on the issue.
Journalism organizations too cozy with drug industry
I have written to the National Press Foundation stating my concern with the fact that they have accepted funding from the drug company Pfizer to offer journalism fellowships on cancer issues. I read about this in an e-newsletter sent by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). The SPJ newsletter wrote that “Fifteen fellowships will be […]
Journalism organizations too cozy with drug industry
I have written to the National Press Foundation stating my concern with the fact that they have accepted funding from the drug company Pfizer to offer journalism fellowships on cancer issues. I read about this in an e-newsletter sent by the Society of Professional Journalists. The SPJ newsletter wrote that “Fifteen fellowships will be awarded […]
