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...

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...

Supplements, homepage, newsletter and mission of the journal

ACP Journal Club. Review: vitamin and antioxidant supplements do not prevent adverse cardiovascular events.

Review methods MEDLINE, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, Cochrane Library, Scopus, CINAHL, ClinicalTrials.gov (all to Nov 2012); and reference lists were searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs). 50 RCTs (n = 294 478, mean age 49 to 82 y), including 45 double-blind, placebo-controlled trials and 5 open-label, controlled trials, met the selection criteria. 30 RCTs were done in primary prevention ...

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