Wolters Kluwer to Launch 2009 Annual Report and Intelligent Solutions Online
(interestalert.com): Wolters Kluwer has launched its online 2009 Annual Report (http://www.wolterskluwer.com/2009annualreport) and Intelligent Solutions (http://www.wolterskluwer.com/intelligentsolutions) website. Both interactive websites offer dedicated tools, flash elements, and other features to access content in a customizable, user-friendly, and easy manner. The two online platforms each… Read More
Medical Journals: Still Too Lazy to ID Pharma-Funded Research
(bnet.com): An editorial in the Journal of the American Medical Association describes a “disturbing example of inappropriate conduct” in studies for the GlaxoSmithKline’s diabetes drug Avandia. JAMA’s editorial calls for independent researchers to oversee all studies funded by drug companies to ensure that the data can be checked by someone… Read More
Global Healthcare Experts Set Forth Guidelines for Improving ‘Risk-Sharing’ Schemes for Expensive New Treatments
(pharmalive.com): Wolters Kluwer Pharma Solutions, Inc. has published the collective recommendations of an international team of healthcare experts on how payers can improve their risk-sharing approaches for expensive new therapies and technology. Participants of the 2009 Banff Summit on evidence development, held in Calgary, Canada, reached a consensus about how… Read More
Enhanced e-book apps anticipate a new generation of e-readers
(independent.co.uk): With the release of the iPad just weeks away, enhanced e-book apps are becoming a hot trend in publishing, with many major publishers announcing plans for enhanced titles. Enhanced apps make use of a wide range of tablet and smartphone technology with additional features such as audio, video, images,… Read More
The peer reviewed literature has spoken
(abc.net.au): So what exactly is peer reviewed research? How does it work? To understand the current controversy, one must understand that peer review is egalitarian but not indiscriminate; that it is fallible but self-correcting; and that it exercises quality control but not censorship. Those three attributes of peer review are… Read More
Scitable is bringing rich resources to the mobile web
(education.zdnet.com): Scitable is currently working on developing a mobile version of the site, optimized for viewing in a browser on a low-end mobile phone. They hope to have the site functional by mid-summer, targeting a fall release. While smartphones are exploding in developed nations, many parts of Africa and South… Read More
The Scientific Fraud Pandemic: Few Honest Scientists Remain
(naturalnews.com): Recently, most of the scientific fraud accusations have been aimed at China, but they rarely (if ever) point towards the medical establishment or the pharmaceutical industry. Scientific fraud, however, is rampant amongst nearly all of the sciences and no "peer review" is immune. In fact, peer review is the… Read More
Universities Use Social Media to Connect
(nytimes.com): Facebook, Twitter, and iTunes have not only invaded the classroom but have also become part of the class. ArXiv.org, which emerged in 1991 from Cornell University in New York, was one of the earliest applications of academic social networking. An open-source Internet platform, designed to be used by researchers… Read More
Scientists make publishing mark
(theaustralian.com.au): THE publishing clout of scientists funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council is above the global average across all biomedical fields for the first time, according to a new citation analysis. In an independent study covering 2002-2006, the lagging field of neuroscience edged above the global average… Read More
Bias in scientific publishing rife
(lifescientist.com.au): The reluctance for negative or neutral results to be published in scientific or medical journals continues to bias research and encourage the proliferation of false medical truths, found an international team of researchers. The negative results conundrum has plagued scientific publication for many years as journals tend to be… Read More
