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Some Authors Are Tone Deaf On Conflicts Of Interest
Category: Gaming The System
You be the judge. Did these authors of a medical study have an undisclosed conflict of interest?
Experts' silence revs conflict of interest debate
CHICAGO - A new study showing that padded hip protectors didn't prevent fractures in the elderly has renewed questions about hidden drug industry ties to medical research.Three of the authors of the study on bone breaks didn't tell editors of an influential medical journal, which is publishing their research Wednesday, that they had consulted for or received research money from the makers of bone-strengthening drugs. That potential conflict was discovered by The Associated Press.
Editors of the Journal of the American Medical Association -- which has tough rules on financial disclosure -- had asked the authors about any conflicts and were told there were none. The researchers said later they didn't believe their industry connections were relevant because the study of hip fractures didn't involve bone drugs and didn't recommend them.
The non-disclosers might as well have taken out an ad in the New York Times declaring: (1) No matter what medical device you use to protect hips from fractures it ain't gonna work and (2) You better take bone-strengthening drugs.
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