The effect of walking intervention on blood pressure control: a systematic review

LL Lee, MC Watson, CA Mulvaney, CC Tsai… - International journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Hypertension is a major public health problem and a key risk factor of
cardiovascular diseases. Increased physical activity has been recommended as an …

[HTML][HTML] Industry and evidence-based medicine: Believable or conflicted? A systematic review of the surgical literature

CS Bailey, MG Fehlings, YR Rampersaud… - Canadian Journal of …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Over the last few decades medical research and development has come to
depend more heavily on the financial support of industry. However, there is concern that …

Conflict of interest in orthopaedic research: an association between findings and funding in scientific presentations

K Okike, MS Kocher, CT Mehlman, M Bhandari - JBJS, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Background: Financial conflict of interest has been associated with an increased likelihood
that authors will report positive study outcomes. The purpose of this study was to investigate …

Trial registration: a great idea switches from ignored to irresistible

D Rennie - Jama, 2004 - jamanetwork.com
IN A RECENT ARTICLE IN JAMA ON THE REGISTRATION OF clinical trials, 1 Dickersin and
I pointed out that, 30 years after the idea of registering trials had been proposed, 18 years …

[BOOK][B] Private profits versus public policy: the pharmaceutical industry and the Canadian state

J Lexchin - 2016 - books.google.com
The widespread condemnation of drastic price increases on life-saving drugs highlights our
growing dependency on and vulnerability to international pharmaceutical conglomerates …

The impact of conflicts of interest in plastic surgery: an analysis of acellular dermal matrix, implant-based breast reconstruction

J Lopez, E Prifogle, TT Nyame, J Milton… - Plastic and …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Background: Although conflicts of interest in biomedical research have received significant
attention, the impact of conflicts of interest on surgical outcomes has not been fully explored …

Conflict of interest policies and disclosure requirements among European Society of Cardiology National Cardiovascular Journals

F Alfonso, A Timmis, FJ Pinto, G Ambrosio… - European heart …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest (COIs) is used by biomedical journals to
guarantee credibility and transparency of the scientific process. Conflict of interest …

Conflicts of interest, authorship, and disclosures in industry-related scientific publications: the tort bar and editorial oversight of medical journals

LJ Hirsch - Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2009 - mayoclinicproceedings.org
Dr Hirsch was an employee at Merck & Co from 1988-2006 and managed the Medical
Communications Department for clinical research publications from late 2001 to mid-2006 …

Comparison studies of cholinesterase inhibitors for Alzheimer's disease

DB Hogan, B Goldlist, G Naglie, C Patterson - The Lancet Neurology, 2004 - thelancet.com
Summary There is uncertainty about which of the three available cholinesterase inhibitors
should be prescribed as initial therapy for patients with Alzheimer's disease. We have …

The impact of financial conflicts of interest in plastic surgery: are they all created equal?

J Lopez, I Juan, A Wu, G Samaha, B Cho… - Annals of plastic …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Background Recently, several studies have demonstrated that articles that disclose conflicts
of interests (COI) are associated with publication of positive results. The purpose of this …