Journal Editors Are Urged To Demand More Evidence
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Editors of scientific journals should beef up their level of skepticism about high-profile papers submitted to them and demand solid evidence that the work was completed as described, according to a review of the editorial procedures that led to the publication of fraudulent scientific papers by...
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Dr. Jerome Kassirer served as editor of the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine for eight years during the 1990s. During that time, he says, doctors&#39; conflicts of interest became an increasingly evident problem.
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Some chemicals should be re-assessed after new evidence that they accumulate in food chains, scientists say.
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Stem cell researchers continue to question Advanced Cell Technology scientists on their increasingly contested paper published recently in Nature.. In Bodyhack.
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A national health advocacy group and dozens of scientists called on the government Friday to re-evaluate its new cholesterol guidelines, questioning whether there was sufficient evidence to justify
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Doctors are being urged to think twice before prescribing certain painkillers in light of new evidence suggesting they may increase cardiovascular risk.
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The American Medical Association is concerned, but says more research is needed before a definitive statement can be made.
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Neuroscientists are making such rapid progress in unlocking the brain's secrets that some are urging colleagues to debate the ethics of their work before it can be misused by governments, lawyers or advertisers.
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Wednesday, The Advocate's editorial board wrote
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British scientists called on Friday for more research into the possibility that it is harmful for women to take folic acid supplements throughout pregnancy.
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A University of California professors is asking bloggers to take part of a peer review of an academic book he is writing.
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BALTIMORE -- Manuel Llinas knew his career was at stake. The young scientist had just finished work on an eye-catching paper on the genome of a parasite that causes malaria. Now he and his lab director faced a critical decision: where to submit the article for publication.
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Scientists should make their findings from new research available to the public promptly, and no later than a year after a study has appeared in print, the National Institutes of Health recommended on Thursday.
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Science & environment: More regulation needed to curb the potential harms of pollution, say researchers
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A new study claims to undermine the key argument used by people sceptical of climate change.
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In a magazine arriving in mailboxes this week, National Institutes of Health Director Elias A. Zerhouni suggests that embryonic stem cell research should be expanded.
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Experts are questioning a studyâs linking a 2004 increase in the suicide rate for children and adolescents to a warning by drug regulators about the use of antidepressants in minors.