Hello,

Well I have no idea of what can happen in "our" medical journals;

What I know is that:

Whenever they put an small article about the benefits of breastmilk it is 
always: short, and with the assertion
"to the opinion of this team, BM could be beneficial for children but one 
must not forget that "it may" not be quite sure, several studies prooved the 
contrary" and so on...
So let's not talk about the benefits of breastfeeding for babies and 
mothers...

Once, about the IQ scores, one doctor said it was unethitical to say BM 
could have an impact on IQ scores...

And some times, there is a study that is quite ambiguous about protectiv 
effets of BM concerning allergies for example, and there you can find a 
large A4 page in the medical journal!
I also had the unhappiness to note differences in the content of some 
article edited in the medical journal, and the whole meaning of the real 
study;

Well I don't know if the medical journals received money from medicines/ABM 
manufacturers; I don't know if some ghost writers exist;
maybe I am paranoiac or maybe I am illiterate and don't understand what I 
can read....

Sometimes, must I say: I have doubts :-)

French thoughts,
Breast regards,


Françoise Coudray
Lactation consultant IBCLC


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From: "Suzanne Berman" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 10:39 PM
Subject: medical journals as fiction?


>
> Jan, I think it is perhaps a bit harsh to suggest that medical journals 
> are
> mainly fiction and do not contain, by and large, evidence-based medicine.
>
> That said, I *expect* Big Pharma to behave sneakily.  I'm much more
> disappointed in
> physicians who prostitute their academic credentials this way.
>
> Not only nondisclosure of collaborators --- but also nondisclosure of
> funding, falsifying data, overstating the relative importance of a single
> study -- any kind of academic dishonesty is abhorrent.  Lives really are 
> at
> stake.
>
> On a happier topic, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all of the
> Lactnetters out there for everything y'all've taught me this year... and
> everything you're going to teach me next year, and the year after that...
> What a blessing you are for moms and babies all over the world.  Happy
> holidays!
>
>
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