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Negative results of drug trials routinely suppressed: NewsTarget.com
Researchers rarely publish negative research results in mainstream medical journals, and even purposely suppress results that fail to prove links between diseases and drugs or genes, according to the Wall Street Journal.
To combat scientists' reluctance to publish negative results, new medical journals that are solely dedicated to the publication of negative study results are gaining popularity, with more like-minded journals constantly joining the ranks.
"Publication bias" has led to inaccurate public perceptions of certain health issues. For example, suppression of negative study results in the 1990s led the public to believe that oral contraceptives are linked to an increase in risk of cervical cancer, but a 2000 analysis of the data found that studies finding no link between the drugs and the disease were rarely published, suggesting a possible bogus connection.
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Negative results of drug trials routinely suppressed
