Medical research often compromised by financial interests

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Chron.com examines the dilemma of medical research and its many conflicts of interest, as many studies are funded or financially tied to the drug manufacturer, and the plight of Dr. Eric Topol, renowned cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic, who spoke out about the dangers of Vioxx and the tangle of interests that was concealing scientific data that revealed the drug's dangers, illustrates how difficult it is to check this kind of abuse, now rampant in American healthcare.
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