How Institutional Conflicts of Interest Exacerbate the Anechoic Effect - the Example of ASCO Fearing "Biting the Hand that Feeds You"

As we recently discussed ( here , here , here and here ), in May, 2015, the New England Journal of Medicine, arguably the world's forem...

Praluent, the Next Expensive "Game Changer," Blockbuster," "New Hope," - But Not Yet Shown to Benefit Patients

Here we go again.  The same month that it approved Entresto (look here ), the US Food and Drug Administration approved a new PCSK9 inhibitor...

Increasing Bad Press for Today's Healthcare Information Technology - Deserved and Overdue

Here are three candid, quite revealing articles about the distaste for today's health IT that appeared recently.  I will address each, ...

"God Damn the Pusher Man" - Especially when Enabled by the FDA Revolving Door

Who is watching the watchers?  A story this week involving "speed" like drugs added to "dietary supplements" suggests ho...

The Real Dark Side of Health Care: Health Care Corruption

The editors of the prestigious Annals of Internal Medicine just stated they they were shocked, shocked to find out that physicians occasiona...

The Troubles at Cooper Continue, Lately Gruesomely, But Will Its Leadership and Governance Change This Time? - Part I: Historical Background

Allegations of Murder-Suicide by a Hospital System CEO This will be a hard series of posts to write. It wa triggered by the latest, and pe...