Association between industry funding and promotional pieces on menopausal hormone therapy

There may be a link between receiving industry funding for speaking, consulting, or research, and the publication of apparently promotional opinion pieces on menopausal hormone therapy. Furthermore, such publications may encourage physicians to continue prescribing these therapies to women of menopausal age. These are the key findings of a study by Adriane Fugh-Berman from Georgetown University Medical Centre, Washington D.C., USA, and colleagues, published in this week's PLoS Medicine...

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