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Medicine (evidence-based)

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
March 29, 2022
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Intelligent Design, Peer review, Philosophy, Science
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How the COVID pandemic showed that evidence-based medicine is — at present — an illusion

Denyse O'Leary
March 29, 2022
Intelligent Design, Peer review, Philosophy, Science
Malone: The release into the public domain of previously confidential pharmaceutical industry documents has given the medical community valuable insight into the degree to which industry sponsored clinical trials are misrepresented. Until this problem is corrected, evidence based medicine will remain an illusion. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
March 22, 2022
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Culture, Intelligent Design, Medicine, Peer review, Science
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At BMJ: Evidence based medicine running into many of the same problems as felled earlier reform movements

Denyse O'Leary
March 22, 2022
Culture, Intelligent Design, Medicine, Peer review, Science
Op-ed: "Ironically, industry sponsored KOLs [key opinion leaders] appear to enjoy many of the advantages of academic freedom, supported as they are by their universities, the industry, and journal editors for expressing their views, even when those views are incongruent with the real evidence. While universities fail to correct misrepresentations of the science from such collaborations, critics of industry face rejections from journals, legal threats, and the potential destruction of their careers." Read More ›