Caution over journal supplements.

Pharmaceutical industry sponsorship of journal supplements.

The November 2005 Supplement to CHEST, “Improving Outcomes in Respiratory Failure: Ventilation, Blood Use, and Anemia Management,” contained eight review articles1–8 concerning transfusion medicine. Publication was supported by an educational grant from Ortho Biotech, the manufacturer of recombinant human erythropoietin (epoetin). Not surprisingly, the articles are not supportive of transfusion...

Over-caution of Large Committees of Experts

In this paper, we demonstrate that payoffs linked to a committee member’s individual vote may explain over-cautious behavior in committees. A committee of experts must decide whether to approve or reject a proposed innovation on behalf of society. In addition to a payoff linked to the adequateness of the committee’s decision, each expert receives a disesteem payoff if he/she voted in favor of a...

Does pharmaceutical advertising affect journal publication about dietary supplements?

BACKGROUND Advertising affects consumer and prescriber behaviors. The relationship between pharmaceutical advertising and journals' publication of articles regarding dietary supplements (DS) is unknown. METHODS We reviewed one year of the issues of 11 major medical journals for advertising and content about DS. Advertising was categorized as pharmaceutical versus other. Articles about DS were...

Caution over use of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation.

Supplements, homepage, newsletter and mission of the journal