The health of populations depends on the availability of clean air, water, food, and
sanitation, exposure to pathogens, toxins and environmental hazards, and numerous …

The clinical guidelines that underpin the use of drugs for mental disorders are informed by
evidence from randomised controlled trials (RCTs). RCTs are performed to obtain marketing …

Institutional corruption is a normative concept of growing importance that embodies the
systemic dependencies and informal practices that distort an institution's societal mission …

Background Financial ties between health professionals and industry may unduly influence
professional judgments and some researchers have suggested that widening disease …

The Imperative to Share Clinical Study Reports: Recommendations from the Tamiflu
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Importance Testosterone initiation increased substantially in the United States from 2000 to
2013, especially among men without clear indications. Direct-to-consumer advertising …

Purpose Diffusion of fake news and pseudo-facts is becoming increasingly fast-paced and
widespread, making it more difficult for the general public to separate reliable information …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND False and misleading advertising for drugs can harm
consumers and the healthcare system, and previous research has demonstrated that …

Overdiagnosis is an emerging problem in health policy and practice: we address its
definition and ethical implications. We argue that the definition of overdiagnosis should be …

THERAPEUTIC AND PREVENTION CLINICAL RESEARCH IS typically performed to
address questions of effi-cacy (“Can intervention work in the ideal study setting?”) …