Board-Certified Neurologist | Functional Medicine Pioneer | #1 New York Times Best-Selling Author | International Speaker | Host of The Empowering Neurologist Podcast
Are Journal Peer Reviewers really unbiased? A recent study in JAMA raises important questions about the integrity of the peer-review process in major medical journals. A significant number of the physician reviewers examined had received payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies between 2020 and 2022, totaling over a billion dollars. This lack of transparency calls into question whether industry influence could bias the critical evaluations that shape medical literature and, ultimately, clinical practice. Read more about the study here: https://lnkd.in/e-_d4hrY What are your thoughts on this issue? Let’s discuss. #Medicine #Ethics #Research
