Update. Three past editors of the New England Journal of Medicine (#NEJM) answer the attack on their journal from #RFKJr.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/06/30/rfk-jr-medical-journals-nejm-jama-lancet-editors-respond-medical-journals-ethics/
(#paywalled)

"Kennedy claimed that one of us (Angell) said, 'We are no longer a science journal, we are a vessel for pharmaceutical propaganda.' In fact, what Angell said in a 2009 article was that 'it is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published,' due to researchers’ financial ties with pharmaceutical companies."

The editors also point out that the three journals named by Kennedy happen to have published editorials criticizing the #Trump admin assault of science.

#DefendResearch #Medicine #Pharma #ScholComm #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Man fails to take his medicine—the flesh starts rotting off his leg https://arstechni.ca/2pVY #bloodpressure #casestudy #medicine #Health #Ulcer #NEJM

In the REDEFINE 2 phase 3a trial involving adults with obesity and diabetes, the use of cagrilintide–semaglutide resulted in a significantly lower body weight than placebo at 68 weeks. #NEJM Reference www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Stem Cell–Derived, Fully Differentiated Islets for Type 1 Diabetes. #NEJM "zimislecel can restore physiologic islet function" Reference www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Man’s health crashes after getting donated kidney—it was riddled with worms https://arstechni.ca/YU3E #MassachusettsGeneralHospital #Strongyloidesstercoralis #parasiticworms #strongyloides #infection #Health #NEJM

Un nuevo agonista selectivo de los receptores tipo 2 de #Orexina que se administra por vía oral es eficaz para combatir la #narcolepsia, e incluso llega a causar #insomnio como efecto colateral 😄

#Oveporexton #Narcolepsy #Orexin #Neurology #Neurología #SleepMedicine #MedicinaDelDormir #NEJM

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2405847

It reminds me of #AtlasShrugged.

“We are probably going to stop publishing in the Lancet, the New England Journal of Medicine (#NEJM), #JAMA and those other journals because they are all corrupt."

Kennedy said agencies within the #HHS will create their own “in-house” journals. “They are going to become the preeminent journals, because if you get #NIH funding it is anointing you as a good, legitimate scientist,” he said.

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5322269-robert-kennedy-jr-bans-medical-journals/

Exercise improves colon cancer survival, high-quality trial finds https://arstechni.ca/eba6 #clinicaltrial #coloncancer #exercise #aerobic #Health #NEJM #MET

Personalized Gene Editing to Treat an Inborn Error of Metabolism. #NEJM #TIC2025 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

@chema
Oh, MAN, I miss the early Internet days.

In 1991 or '92, I brought a tractor-fed dot-matrix printout about 8-10 pages long of a #NewEnglandJournalOfMedicine #NEJM article/study that was possibly related to my malady, to my #Cardiologist, & he was genuinely appreciative.

I'd used #gopher to find it. Or was it #archie ?

Can you imagine a Dr these days paying ANY attention to something I printed off the Internet today?

"Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s health secretary, singled out N.E.J.M in an interview with the “Dr. Hyman Show” podcast last year as an example of a medical journal that has participated in “lying to the public” and “retracting the real science.”
. . .

“I’m going to litigate against you under the racketeering laws, under the general tort laws,” he said. “I’m going to find a way to sue you unless you come up ...”"

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/health/nejm-prosecutor-letter.html?unlocked_article_code=1.C08.hY2C.KrKH10O_dghR&smid=url-share

#Medicine #PublicHealth #Science #NEJM #RFK #RFKJr

#RFKJr, #Trump’s *#health* secy, singled out #NEJM in an interview w/the “Dr. Hyman Show” podcast last year as an example of a #medical journal that has participated in “lying to the public” & “retracting the real science.”

Andrew Nixon, a spox for the #HHS, declined to comment on whether RFKJr had any involvement w/the letters.

In the interview, RFKJr said he would seek to prosecute medical journals under federal anti-corruption laws.

#law #FirstAmendment #Constitution #dictatorship #science

Amanda Shanor, a #FirstAmendment expert at the University of Pennsylvania, said the information published in reputable #medical journals like #NEJM is broadly protected by the #Constitution.

In most cases, journals have the same robust rights that apply to newspapers — the strongest the Constitution provides, she added.

#law #censorship #democracy #Trump #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #tyranny #dictatorship #AntiIntellectualism #science #medicine

Do they accept submissions from scientists with “competing viewpoints”? What do they do if the authors whose work they published “may have misled their readers”? Are they transparent about influence from “supporters, funders, advertisers & others”?

News of the letter to #NEJM was reported earlier by STAT, a health news outlet.

#EdMartin also asked about the role of the #NIH, which funds some of the #research the journals publish, & the agency’s role “in the development of submitted articles.”

A federal prosecutor in Washington has contacted The New England Journal of Medicine, considered the world’s most prestigious #medical journal, w/questions that suggested without evidence that it was biased against certain views & influenced by external pressures.

Dr. Eric Rubin, the editor in chief of #NEJM, described the letter as “vaguely threatening” in an interview with NYT.

#law #censorship #FirstAmendment #Constitution #Trump #AbuseOfPower #AmericanAutocracy #tyranny #science #medicine

Madness #AmericanAutocracy

‘Vaguely Threatening’: #Trump Federal Prosecutor #EdMartin Queries Leading #Medical Journal

The New England Journal of Medicine [#NEJM] received a letter suggesting that it was biased & compromised by external pressure. Other journals have also received the letter.

#law #censorship #FirstAmendment #Constitution #democracy #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #tyranny #dictatorship #AntiIntellectualism #science #medicine
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/health/nejm-prosecutor-letter.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=68CE025A-703F-4C94-87AA-8D0D7D06D23B

The #Trump administration of lunacy continues its quest to take the #USA back to the Dark Ages -- and again demonstrates zero understanding of #scholarship. Y'know, concepts like 'evidence', 'peer review', 'empiricism' (!?!?).

I guess I'm just astonished that so many US citizens are taking this insidious trolling lying down. I know many aren't. But some are. C'mon compadres, where is the 'Tea Party spirit'?!

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/health/nejm-prosecutor-letter.html #NEJM #research #universities

Not Surprising: Endovascular treatment (EVT) is beneficial in persons with an acute ischemic stroke caused by a large-vessel occlusion, but its efficacy not evident for treatment of stroke caused by occlusion of medium or distal vessels.

#stroke #endovasculartreatment #nejm

#NEJM #Outbreaks #Update — #H5N1, https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2502267?query=TOC&cid=DM2392650_Non_Subscriber&bid=-1425531110

In this NEJM Outbreaks Update, Editor-in-Chief Eric #Rubin and Deputy Editor Lindsey Baden are joined by veterinarian and #virologist Yoshihiro #Kawaoka to discuss avian influenza and its current impact on chickens, cows, cats, and humans.

Biomarkers of micronutrient status. #NEJM www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....