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Material from, or relating to, the British Medical Journal [BMJ]
In the latest BMJ a joint investigation by the BMJ and BBC Newsnight is reported. It concerns me that “strategic communications” outrank editorial independence and scientific decision making:
A recent BMJ Editorial outlines concerns relating to The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation that all adults in general practice be screened for major depressive disorder and … Continue reading “80% might be false positive”
The following serious concerns, as reported in the BMJ, 22 July 2023, hardly seemed to appear in the worldwide trailblazing headlines of the latest anti-amyloid drug. I wonder why?
I have submitted this response, on the above paper, to the BMJ: Dear Editor, I would like to add my support to the proposal put forward by Davies et al … Continue reading A response by Dr Peter J Gordon
The following open letter was published in the BMJ on the 20th June 2023: The episode of PANORAMA referred to was first aired 19 June 2023 [please click on the … Continue reading A moral duty
Withdrawing from antidepressants: advice for primary care was published in British Journal of General Practice in March 2023. The authors: Emilia G Palmer, Sangeetha Sornalingam, Lisa Page and Maxwell Cooper … Continue reading Withdrawing from antidepressants: advice for primary care
As published in the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin, Volume 60, Number 4, April 2022:
The following letter, written by Dr Philip Cowen and Dr Chris Thompson, was published in the BMJ in October 1994 [this, as it happens, being mid-way through the ‘Defeat Depression … Continue reading “Promulgating therapeutic recommendations”