Why most medical research cannot be trusted
It's old news that drug companies essentially "bribe" doctors into prescribing their drugs by lavishing them with gifts - branded pens and coffee mugs, free lunches, golf outings, "educational" trips to the Caribbean ... all have been regarded as fair game in the past, although now such free goodies are heavily discouraged.In 2003, drug companies spent $448 million on advertising in medical journals. The ads promote not only drugs but also subsidized seminars and "training opportunities" that usually take place in tropical locations.
Of course, oftentimes the ads are only agreed upon if there will also be a positive mention of the product in an editorial piece; sometimes the drug maker will even have their own writers generate the content! It has been calculated that the return on investment on medical journal ads is between $2.22 and $6.86 for every dollar spent, with larger and older brands at the higher end.
That's why it probably comes as no surprise that many so-called "experts" are very much on the drug industry's payroll -- but they masquerade as independent medical experts or even state officials during their "day jobs."
It is, by the way, 100% legal for drug companies to pay medical professionals to promote their products. The drug industry also often pays the expert medical reviewers who evaluate medications or medical devices for the journals. The featured article continues:...
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here's the link Boban.
I watched two or three but give it a look.
We'll make a sceptic of you yet.
On the other hand, if we didn't have drug companies, a lot of us wouldn't be alive today...
And here such medical ethics killed my husband
Four basic needs should be met by government for everyone - food, health, housing and education.
Thank you.
" Four basic needs should be met by government for everyone - food, health, housing and education. "
yeah, n support the millions they spend in research, testing n certification through our taxes. great idea... but such a moved to bring an entire economy to its knees. Free market and capitalism is indeed the only way forward; good or bad.
history's my witness.
dtowould bring an entire economy ..first paragraph - DO NO HARM
Sorry Athena
History is written by the global elite, In such a way to make you think you owe them something. They owe You. For the dead of you ancestors, and the sacrifices hard working Joe soaps make every day. They live opulent lifestyles at the cost of taxpayers, They reward bad banking and hide money in under handed business deals. The sell country's and constitutions from under your nose and all the time tell you its the burden of social issues the continue to ignore that are keeping you down. Sure thats part of the problem.
The People but not All.