I Recently Attended the American Heart Association annual meeting in Dallas. It was an impressive event — more than 27,000 attendees took over most of the city for five full days. The exhibit hall was inspirational, with pharmaceutical companies...

According to a press release, the Cosmetic Boot Camp, which focuses on cosmetic dermatology, is restricting registration to physicians who are board certified or board eligible in a relevant specialty. That's seems pretty unusual to me. They also...

Despite journal editors' efforts to crack down on ill-doings and conflicts of interest in the studies they publish, the Wall Street Journal reports that malfeasance is still rampant. One clip from the article (subscription req'd)...

I just found Pharma Gossip, and it's pretty interesting. Check out the predictions for pharma in 2006.

According to this Wall Street Journal article (subscription req'd), resolving author conflicts by disclosing them in a correction after the fact ain't going to cut it anymore. From the article...

I've heard about the dog eating homework excuse, but this article in the Wall Street Journal on a 1992 study about heart attack outcomes and diet is something else. From the article...

While this editorial in the North Country Gazette takes a decidedly anti-right-to-die stance, it is interesting to see that George Felos, the attorney who advocated Terri Schiavo's right to die, will be speaking at a CME cruise meeting (what the...

Recommended reading from Anne Taylor-Vaisey:I always enjoy this annual tradition ... The BMJ Christmas Double Issue. Here is the 2005 edition...