The most recent issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) contains several articles on conflicts of interest, which we will share here throughout the week. This Viewpoint piece -- titled Read More
May 08, 2017
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Jan 17, 2017
JAMA Shines Spotlight on Conflicts of Interest in Healthcare
Renowned medical journal JAMA Internal Medicine has published a collection of articles about conflicts of interest in healthcare. HealthNewsReview -- one of our favorite health journalism websites -- provides an Read More
Jan 03, 2017
Why Conflicts of Interest in Research Need to be Taken Seriously
In this World Journal of Methodology article (titled "Conflicts of interest in nutritional sciences: The forgotten bias in meta-analysis", Dr. Michel Lucas -- Assistant Professor at Université Laval and Visiting Read More
Sep 04, 2015
Coca-Cola’s Sweet Deals with U.S. Mayors
In his latest post for Scientific American's Food Matters blog, Patrick Mustain examines how the soda industry has ingratiated itself with various US mayors to stave off regulation and criticism (in the same way it has Read More
Aug 06, 2015
Food Industry to Feds: “We Want to Keep Using Trans Fat”
“The food industry is asking the Food and Drug Administration to approve the continued use of partially hydrogenated oils in more than 50 different food categories, from your Thanksgiving stuffing mix to frozen pies and Read More
Aug 05, 2014
How Coca-Cola Spins Science
With added sugars -- and especially sugar-sweetened beverages -- continually coming under scrutiny within the public health realm, it is fair to say the writing is on the wall for soft drink giants like Coca-Cola and Read More