This article discusses medications as socially embedded phenomena, using the class of
psychoactive medications as a primary example. The analytical perspective is systemic …

Results: From the database of closed studies, 106 remained unpublished, while completed
investigations resulted in 84 publications (44% publication rate). The median time to …

Background Although industry sponsors provide approximately 70 percent of the funding for
clinical drug trials in the United States, little is known about the legal agreements that exist …

To date, they have not been. The new money and activity exploded onto the scene with
inadequate oversight and no standardization of rules or mechanisms to resolve disputes …

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) and evidence-based decision-making (EBDM) were
intended to revolutionize health care and health policy. Thus far they have not. A great deal …

Industry support provides critical resources for researchers in departments of orthopaedic
surgery, and affords research that otherwise likely would not be possible. However, in …

Although introduced decades earlier, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) came to medical
notice only 50 years ago. The rapid recognition of their usefulness in promoting health and …

C ase 1. An orthopaedic surgeon publishes a paper featuring a positive evaluation of a new
medication to prevent deep venous thrombosis. The surgeon serves as a paid consultant to …

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have been used in medical research to evaluate
different interventions in health-care. It has been shown that human clinical trials that lack …

In many respects, the prospects for US meteorological research have never been brighter.
Knowledge is advancing rapidly, as are supporting observing and information technologies …