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Dead Wrong: What's Really Killing America
Inaccurate data on what kills people in this country is rampant. There are some cases where cause of death is fraudulently invented, but in most cases autopsies are simple conducted incorrectly to the tune of at least a third of death diagnoses. In many cases, cause of death is never determined and these patterns are exacerbated along disadvantaged socioeconomic lines. Such inaccurate data on deaths is feared to skew research on preventative measures.
Tags: death; autopsies; diagnoses; inaccurate; reporting; inexperience; research; medicine; heart disease; fraud; medical examiners; investigation; conduct; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
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The Entrepreneurial Dealings of Physicians
The reporter investigated entrepreneurial dealings of physicians and its consequences for patients and the health care system.
Tags: physicians; health care; financial ties; FDA; medical inventions; entrepreneurial doctors; Securities and Exchange Commission
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Flaws in Medical Research at the University of South Florida
A Tampa Tribune investigation of Dr. James Rowsey, a University of South Florida ophthalmology professor and former department head, revealed that he "... performed experimental cornea transplants without patients' consent... (and) was supposed use his experimental device on cats, but used it on humans instead, that he misused grant money to pay a coworker's wife, was being investigated by the FBI,.." Also, the publication found "that the officers in charge of monitoring medical research at USF were also responsible for marketing the devices invented and tested there and that medical research done at the university was often more concerned with profit than with scientific discovery."
Tags: medical research; doctor ethic error human subject research human experimentation biomedical regulation FDA Food and Drug Administration