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What do you think of the death sentences given to the five Bulgarian nurses in Libya? Bulgaria's opinion is that the court overlooked the evidence of international experts, including a letter from 114 Nobel prizewinners and an article in [science journal] Nature that said that the tragedy with the hiv epidemic in the children's hospital did not start with the arrival of the Bulgarian nurses but existed there before that. We are extremely disappointed. The court refused to allow the expertise, to hear the witnesses, offered by the defense...
...Finally, there's "Pepper ... and Salt," the small cartoon that has been running for 57 years and that has moved back - apparently due to popular demand - to the Journal's opinion pages. I've always felt uneasy around "Pepper ... and Salt," a bit like I do watching Jay Leno, whose high corn factor and consistent unfunniness make me cringe. But what do I know? America seems to love the guy, along with that little cartoon in the Journal...
...Overall, I'd give the relaunch a high passing mark. The paper lost some acreage but didn't dumb down. And it's generally easier to navigate. So we can all take our quills, and stick them back in the bird. The Journal is doing fine...
...Major medical journals do publish industry-funded science as long as it meets the publications' quality standards. Those standards require scientists to disclose any potential conflicts of interest. But compliance is generally based on the honor system, leaving scientists to interpret the journal policies themselves. (The PloS Medicine paper noted a sharp uptick in the number of articles citing potential conflicts over the five-year study period - a trend Ludwig attributes to more stringent journal standards and better self-policing among scientists...
...thing, there is no way to know the effect of high-dose estrogen on such a young girl. "Before moving forward wholesale, we need to study it carefully," says Dr. Jeffrey Brosco, an associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Miami, who wrote a dissent in the journal where the case was published. "Right now it is truly an experimental treatment." But he is sure there will be more interest: just last week a family he treats had to put their 19-year-old son into a group home, because he had become too big and aggressive for them...