Posted on 26/04/08
Don't judge a drug trial study by its cover
Peer-reviewed journals play a pivotal role in modern medicine.When a journal publishes a study from a drug trial, it conveys the impression that the research is sound. In fact, drug companies will buy study reprints, at great cost, and distribute them to doctors who are often too busy to sort through the medical literature on their own.
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