A recent New York Times article reported that prominent researchers from Harvard were found to misrepresent the amount of money paid to them by pharmaceutical companies. 

The fact that researchers have been funded by the pharmaceutical industry is not news. This has been happening for a long time and therefore, we should be very cautious about whose health information we listen to.   What makes this news, however, is the large sums of money that were under reported in this particular case and how they went about it. 

The moral to the story is to follow the money trial when possible and to be careful when deciding which studies to trust and who to listen to. 

You can read the whole story on the New York Times website. Here’s the link:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/us/08conflict.html?ref=policy

Alicia Castellano, CHHC, AADP

Alicia is a Certified Holistic Health Counselor with a passion for helping others transition into a healthy lifestyle and create extraordinary lives for themselves. She lives in Houston,Texas where she runs a private practice. Alicia loves to dance, loves music and has an unquenchable thirst for knowledge and learning.

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