… This manuscript was written while Jennifer Gold was a graduate student trainee in the Centre
for Addiction and Mental Health Health Systems Research and Consulting Unit's summer …

Objective Herbal medicines and conventional drug therapies are often taken in combination.
The objective of our study was to identify the range of natural health products and …

Ghost authorship occurs when an individual who contributed substantially to a manuscript is
not named in the byline or acknowledgments. Ghost authors may be employed by industry …

ContextTo compare the quality, presentation, readability, and clinical relevance of review
articles published in peer-reviewed and "throwaway" journals.MethodsWe reviewed articles …

Older people with dementia are often prescribed numerous medications. Use of herbal
therapies in addition to these conventional drug therapies may lead to interactions that result in …

Fig. 1: Distribution of reported reasons for pill-splitting. ODB= Ontario Drug Benefit Plan. The
“other” category represents 2 cases of pill-splitting. In one, it was a more convenient …

Background In September 2004, the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)
issued a Statement requiring that all clinical trials be registered at inception in a public …

Genetic testing raises a number of legal issues. Physicians providing genetic testing may be
faced with questions related to privacy, confidentiality, and the duty to warn. Because …

Several high-profile episodes have recently thrust drug safety and the pharmaceutical
industry's practices into the spotlight. Merck's recall of the drug Vioxx, for instance, was a major …

Recent high profile incidents involving the death or injury of individuals participating in medical
research projects have" shaken confidence in the protections afforded human subjects of …