Exposed: Tobacco industrys' efforts to cast doubt
...urnal, whose editor-in-chief, has an extensive and undisclosed history of working as a tobacco industry researcher and consultant. Professor Glantz comments: "The tobacco companies claim that they are now working with the public health community to 'support a single, consistent public health message on the role ...Race affects older Americans' likelihood of getting flu shot
...income, urban population, there is a concern about undisclosed vaccine consequences or risks. This fear is a barrier for acceptance of influenza immunization among both blacks and whites." Greenberg said that the natural reluctance about vaccination might be best combatted with well-promoted personal statements ...Volume of mammograms read may influence accuracy of diagnosis
...o interpret 60 mammography films that contained 13 undisclosed cancers. The U.S. radiologists were divided into three groups: low-volume radiologists who read 100 or fewer mammograms per month, medium-volume radiologists who read 101 to 300 mammograms per month, and high-volume radiologists who read more than 3...Financial ties of cited experts go undisclosed Newspaper and television reports on new medications tend to exaggerate their benefits, ignore their risks, and fail to disclose their costs, according to a collaborative study in the June 1 New England Journal of Medicine. The study also found that...