Recommended reading from Anne Taylor-Vaisey: Does blinding during the peer review process decrease bias? Ross JS, Gross CP, Desai MM, Hong Y, Grant AO, Daniels SR, Hachinski VC, Gibbons RJ, Gardner TJ, Krumholz HM. Effect of blinded peer review on...
There's an interesting editorial in the New York Times about how The Business Roundtable, comprised of reps from 160 large companies, wants "Medicare to release data on payments to individual physicians to help them determine which doctors...
According to the Journal News, the South Orangetown Ambulance Corps' being named as this year's best EMS agency in the Hudson Valley is due in part to its dedication to continuing medical education. From the article...
Recommended reading from Anne Taylor-Vaisey: Podichetty VK, Booher J, Whitfield M, Biscup RS. Assessment of Internet use and effects among healthcare professionals: a cross sectional survey. Postgrad Med J 2006 Apr;82(966):274-9...
From PLoS Medicine: a series of articles about disease-mongering. Is this really a nefarious plot to sell more drugs, or meeting a need for today's more preventative-minded physicians and patients?
According to Newsday.com, a psychiatrist in Maryland has been indicted for receiving money from a pharmaceutical company in return for illegally promoting Xyren, a narcolepsy drug, as not being a "date rape" drug (its active ingredient is GHB) and...
This guy sure did make a big career switch after leaving his position as a pharmaceutical veterinary consultant. He now sings, recites poetry, and generally livens up veterinary council meetings.