
Setting US drug prices based on prices paid in other countries could also improve affordability for Medicare beneficiaries according to a new study by researchers at Johns Hopkins, including our Michael DiStefano
Quick ReadSetting US drug prices based on prices paid in other countries could also improve affordability for Medicare beneficiaries according to a new study by researchers at Johns Hopkins, including our Michael DiStefano
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Bioethicists Launch ‘Journal of Controversial Ideas’February 25, 2019 |
One of the more innovative recent initiatives in academic publishing is the Journal of Controversial Ideas. Not a single issue has appeared, but already it has created a lively debate in op-ed columns. Its most contentious feature is anonymous or pseudonymous contributions
Quick ReadFor Dr. Piero Anversa, the fall from scientific grace has been long, and the landing hard
Quick ReadResearchers conducted a “recycling audit” of five hospitals in Toronto between November 2014 and May 2016 and found that frequently hospitals improperly threw out sensitive patient information
Quick ReadOur Travis Rieder writes, “Our radical medical advancements have allowed us to intervene in the life of a human before it makes sense to say that such an intervention “saves” someone; rather, what the physician does in resuscitating and treating an extremely preterm infant is to take over creating it. This matters, I argue, because “rescues” are much more morally urgent than “creations.””
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Predatory Journals Recruit Fake EditorMarch 23, 2017 |
An investigation finds that dozens of academic titles offered ‘Dr Fraud’ — a sham, unqualified scientist — a place on their editorial board. Katarzyna Pisanski and colleagues report
Quick ReadStudy published in Liver International examined the outcomes of 564 transplantations at Zhejiang University’s First Affiliated hospital in China
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Science Papers Rarely Cited in Negative WaysOctober 27, 2015 |
Just 2.4% of citations from an immunology journal present disagreements with previous work
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