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Marilyn Mann's blog discussed the appointment of a former pharmaceutical company executive, most recently at Actelion, and previously a...

The European Society of Cardiology just published its recommendations for interactions between medical societies and industry.(1)   The repo...

Background Last year we posted about how two medical societies which received funding from a drug manufacturer tried to persuade the US Foo...

There were several new reports about the extent that medical societies are supported by industry.  Last week we asked whether the extent of...

ProPublica's and USA Today's joint investigation of one medical society's ties to industry has created a stir.  (The full ProPub...

To prepare a workshop on conflicts of interest in health care, I wrote a case of a faculty member offered a proposition that might provide a...

Here is another case to raise questions about the true goal of some medical societies.  As reported by Alicia Mundy in the Wall Street Jour...

Some chiropractors also practice homeopathy. According to Frank King, D.C., many more should be doing just that: Homeopathy is an energetic...

A few weeks ago, the Los Angeles Times Booster Shots blog announced that "Dr. Coca-Cola will see you now," noting opposition to t...

Last week, Gardiner Harris writing for the NY Times noted that the US Senate Special Committee on Aging had made public part of Forest Labo...