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Studies funded by drug industry more likely to show positive results

This isn’t a big surprise, but worth keeping in mind. Don’t believe everything you read. Be a smart consumer of health care!
The Los Angeles Times (8/2, Roan) “Booster Shots” blog reported, “According to an analysis of drug trials published Monday, studies were much more likely to be positive — that is, showing the drug worked — in trials that were funded by the pharmaceutical industry.” A review of 546 drug trials “found that industry-funded trials reported positive outcomes 85% of the time, compared with 50% of the time for government-funded trials and 72% of the time for trials funded by nonprofits or non-federal organizations.” But, among “the nonprofit or non-federal studies, those that received industry contributions were more likely to be positive (85%), compared with those that did not have any industry support (61%).”

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Poor supervision of resident doctors linked to medical errors

Hope you read our article on how you can avoid catching an infection while you are in the hospital. Well, here’s another thing to keep in mind. It’s always advisable to have someone accompany you in the hospital to keep an eye on your care.

The Dallas Morning News (8/1, Dunklin, Ambrose) reported that “national medical research increasingly supports the long-held concern that poor supervision of doctors-in-training at teaching hospitals contributes to patient harm, even death.” Two months ago, a study led by University of California-San Diego researchers “reported a 10 percent increase nationally in medication errors that killed patients during the month of July, the traditional start date for new residents.” A 2008 report by the Institute of Medicine “urged that residency programs have ‘measurable standards,’ such as when and how residents consult faculty doctors.” This summer, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education proposed “updated guidelines that are to be refined before adoption next year.”

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