Cartas al Editor. Charla del Miércoles Médico. Auditorio de Promedico, Cali, Colombia.

Next week I will post this lecture with English subtitles.

VIDEO: ‘Psychiatric drugs: more dangerous than you ever imagined’ by Dr Peter Breggin | Via CEP

View this video via the website of the Council for Evidence-Based Psychiatry (CEP) http://cepuk.org/2014/11/12/video-psychiatric-drugs-dangerous-ever-imagined-dr-peter-breggin/  

Pregunta de antidepresivos

PREGUNTA: ¿Cuál de los siguientes fármacos antidepresivos es indispensable dentro del listado de medicamentos esenciales para un sistema de salud? A. Fluoxetina B. Sertralina C. Paroxetina D. Venlafaxina E. Duloxetina F. Agomelatina G. Mirtazapina H. Reboxetina I. Otro.    ¿Cuál?  ___________________ J. Ninguna de los anteriores Referencias Website of CEP, the Council for Evidence-based Psychiatry. http://cepuk.org/ Ramirez, Jorge H…

Published for the First Time: a 1959 Essay by Isaac Asimov on Creativity | MIT Technology Review

Published for the First Time: a 1959 Essay by Isaac Asimov on Creativity | MIT Technology Review.

Peter Gøtzsche: la industria farmacéutica le miente a los médicos | Vía @MedicosSinMarca (MSM)

Click en la imagen para abrir el artículo original publicado en el blog de Médicos Sin Marca (MSM) “By request of Dr. Gøtzsche, original English version here. En entrevista con MSM, el destacado investigador y co-fundador de la Cochrane Collaboration recalca que la industria farmacéutica trabaja por las ganancias, y no por los pacientes. Su libro “Medicamentos que matan…

‘Al Distinguido Cuerpo Médico’ — Médicos Sin Marca (MSM)

Vía Médicos Sin Marca (MSM) URL: http://www.medicossinmarca.cl/

Publication bias in systematic reviews

“Clinical trials registry searches are not routinely included in systematic reviews published in major medical journals. Routine examination of registry databases may allow a more accurate characterization of publication and outcome reporting biases and improve the validity of estimated effects of medical treatments.” Jones CW, Keil LG, Weaver MA, et al. Clinical trials registries are…

Comments about: “Proposal for Peer Review of Primary Research and Public Release of Research Findings” – PCORI

Name of person or organization submitting comments: Jorge H. Ramírez Please identify which stakeholder group you represent: Researcher Registration at ClinicalTrials.gov, RoPR, or PROSPERO: Over half of US phase 3 clinical trials were retrospectively registered (2002-2014) – http://www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f6449/rr/690626 PCORI peer review process of the draft final report: I only knew today about the existence of this draft and its deadline…

Breaking the seal on drug research

“Breaking the seal on drug research” – The New York Times – 2013 Read also: The BMJ Open Data Campaign “A call to publish – or be published” – June 2013. Saludos desde Colombia a Peter Doshi.

John Ioannidis, “Reproducible Research: True or False?”