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Doctors Without Borders Why you can't trust medical journals anymore. By Shannon BrownleeWith financial ties to nearly two dozen drug and biotech companies, Dr. Charles B. Nemeroff may hold some sort of record among academic clinicians for the most conflicts of interest. A psychiatrist, a prominent researcher, and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Emory University in Atlanta, Nemeroff receives funding for his academic research from Eli Lilly, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Wyeth-Ayerst-indeed from virtually every pharmaceutical house that manufactures a drug to treat mental illness. I find this sad. This is not science. It's unethical marketing. Here is excellent advice from the above author of this article: "And what about us patients? What are we to do with the knowledge that much of what passes as science in medicine is little more than gussied-up marketing? There isn't much we can do. And so I say if you're ill, if you are ailing, or just sick at heart, go find a doctor who listens, who holds your hand. Just make sure you find a doctor who looks at evidence, not opinion, and when she pulls out the prescription pad, start asking a lot of questions." Click here to read the article.
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