Medical journal admits policy violations in Drug Therapy reviews
The New England Journal of Medicine disclosed 19 conflicts of interest in three years where reviewers tied to drug makers wrote Drug Therapy articles. Editor in chief Dr. Marcia Angell called it carelessness and said outside editor Dr. Alistair Wood barred only if individual funding existed, not institutional support or consultant roles.
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New England Journal of Medicine
Marcia Angell
Alistair J.J. Wood
Vanderbilt University
Angell
Wood
Conservationists Face Hotspots in Shrinking Wilds
Scientists who inventoried Earth's shrinking wilds conclude that more than a third of the planet's biodiversity remains concentrated in a small number of hotspots. The study urges targeted protection efforts to safeguard these critical regions.
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Earth
Conserving 25 Biodiversity Hotspots Guards Most Species
A British American team led by Norman Myers finds 25 hotspots cover 810000 square miles, sustaining 44 percent of land plant species and 35 percent of non fish vertebrate animals. Focused conservation on these areas could protect Earth's biodiversity for a few hundred million dollars annually.
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Earth
Russell Mittermeier
Conservation International
Norman Myers
Oxford University
Nature
Mittermeier
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