Identifying the roles of different contributors is important. What does it mean that someone is listed as an author?
It's certainly disappointing that we're back to where we were. But it's not a disaster.
To say insurance companies should pay for stuff that is completely unproven is asking a lot from insurance companies.
I worry that we're learning the wrong lesson and that is to overhaul the peer-review process. In the end, science and scientific publication hinges on the integrity of practitioners and the fact that it's a communal activity. It was just a matter of time before this was found out.
On the whole, it's a scary time in medical ethics because of consumer advertising. Leaving it up to the marketplace is not the optimal way to do medicine.
This kind of research should not be done without proper ethical oversight. These are very, very tricky issues.
It's not that journals need to be more careful. Institutions need to be set up so that we don't produce this problem.
The field is littered with things that looked incredibly promising but, when exposed to harsh light of clinical trials, failed.
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