Financial Ties That Bind: Studies Often Fall Short On Conflict-Of-Interest Disclosures
(WorldNews Health)

Papers in medical journals go through rigorous peer review and meticulous data analysis. Yet many of these articles are missing a key piece of information: the financial ties of the authors. Nearly two-thirds of the 100 physicians who rake in the most money from 10 device manufacturers failed to disclose a conflict of interest in their academic writing in 2016, according to a study published Wednesday in JAMA Surgery. The omission can have real-life impact for patients when their doctors rely on such research to make medical decisions, potentially without knowing the authors´ potential conflicts of interest. `The issue is anytime there´s a new technology, people get really excited about it,`...