Failure to Disclose Conflict of Interest in AAP/Pediatrics Statins for Children Recommendation |
| Published: July 21, 2008, 12:45 pm |
| Tags: aap, pediatrics, corruption in medicine |
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Earlier this month the AAP got their heinder handed to them by... well everyone... for recommending that children as young as eight years old be put on cholestorl lowering meds. From Pharmalot: Quote Of The Day: I'm Embarrassed For The AAP' "The American Academy of Pediatric guidelines released this week recommend that some children as young as 8 years old be given cholesterol meds is, predictably, causing controversy. Why? A lack of evidence, for one thing. Nicolas Stettler, an assistant professor of pediatric epidemiology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and a member of the AAP panel defends the decision by saying extratrapolating data from adults using cholesterol meds makes sense. Not everyone agrees. To be frank, I'm embarrassed for the AAP today, Lawrence Rosen of Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey, and vice chairman of an academy panel on traditional and alternative medicine (see photo), tells The New York Times. Treatment with [ Full article ] |
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