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Jeanne Lenzer

Contributor BMJ, medical investigative journalist, author
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Alteplase for stroke: money and optimistic claims buttress the “brain attack” campaignCommentary: Who pays the guideline writers? Commentary: Thrombolysis in …

J Lenzer, C Warlow, JL Saver, CS Kidwell, S Starkman - Bmj, 2002 - bmj.com
… In this article Jeanne Lenzer uses the example of guidelines produced by the American
Heart Association to discuss some of the questions that can arise when interests conflict …

Ensuring the integrity of clinical practice guidelines: a tool for protecting patients

J Lenzer, JR Hoffman, CD Furberg, JPA Ioannidis - Bmj, 2013 - bmj.com
… Jeanne Lenzer medical investigative journalist1, Jerome R Hoffman professor of
medicine emeritus2, Curt D Furberg professor of public health sciences emeritus3, John PA …

Why we can't trust clinical guidelines

J Lenzer - Bmj, 2013 - bmj.com
… Jeanne Lenzer investigates Jeanne Lenzer medical investigative journalist … 29 Lenzer
J. Alteplase for stroke: money and optimistic claims buttress the “brain attack” …

Covid-19: US gives emergency approval to hydroxychloroquine despite lack of evidence

J Lenzer - BMJ: British Medical Journal (Online), 2020 - search.proquest.com
The US Food and Drug Administration has authorized clinicians to prescribe chloroquine and
hydroxychloroquine for patients admitted to hospital with covid-19, despite warnings from …

Why cancer screening has never been shown to “save lives”—and what we can do about it

V Prasad, J Lenzer, DH Newman - Bmj, 2016 - bmj.com
The claim that cancer screening saves lives is based on fewer deaths due to the target
cancer. Vinay Prasad and colleagues argue that reductions in overall mortality should be the …

Mapping urban networks through inter-firm service relationships: The case of China

F Pan, W Bi, J Lenzer, S Zhao - Urban Studies, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Literature on how cities get connected through networks of firms has been increasing in recent
years. In particular, advanced producer service (APS) firms are being widely used to build …

Understanding the diversity of final delivery solutions for online retailing: A case of Shenzhen, China

Z Xiao, JJ Wang, J Lenzer, Y Sun - Transportation research procedia, 2017 - Elsevier
Since final distribution plays a significant role in the e-commerce logistics chains, it has drawn
many stakeholders’ attention and different solutions have been proposed to enhance the …

FDA advisers warn: COX 2 inhibitors increase risk of heart attack and stroke

J Lenzer - 2005 - bmj.com
After three days of deliberation an advisory panel to the US Food and Drug Administration
decided that the widely used cyclo-oxygenase-2 (COX 2) inhibitors rofecoxib (Vioxx), …

FDA is incapable of protecting US “against another Vioxx”

J Lenzer - 2004 - bmj.com
The approval of rofecoxib (Vioxx) by the US Food and Drug Administration has led to the “single
greatest drug safety catastrophe in the history of this country or the history of the world,” …

Is widespread screening for hepatitis C justified?

RL Koretz, KW Lin, JPA Ioannidis, J Lenzer - Bmj, 2015 - bmj.com
… Koretz RL, Lin KW, Ioannidis JP, Lenzer J. Is widespread screening for hepatitis C
justified? BMJ 2015; 350: g7809 … van der meer A, Feld J, Hofer H, al. E. The risk for …