No wonder people are becoming skeptical about scientific studies when valuable data gets suppressed to exaggerate the benefits and downplay side-effects. Check this out... A study in The New England Journal of Medicine found the efficacy of SSRI medications (anti-depressant medication) in the treatment of depression may be greatly exaggerated. Of 74 studies registered with the United States FDA, 37 with positive results were published in medical journals, while 22 studies with negative results were not published and 11 with negative results were published in a way that conveyed a positive outcome (one positive study was not published and three negative studies were published with results that were portrayed as negative). Overall, 94% of studies actually published were positive outcomes; when published and unpublished studies were included for analysis, the percentage of positive outcomes was 51%. This means that it is a toss of a coin whether these medications are helpful…not very scientific.
Posted on: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 03:16:05 +0000
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