Actually, many of the points the author makes in this blog post are true and can be verified as such if one bothers to reference check (e.g., antidepressant and vioxx studies), and the rest are common sense points that those of us who ‘do’ science are well aware of and are trained to avoid.

Of course, human beings are imperfect. And as much as scientists attempt to engage in unbiased researching, if there are million dollar grant funds in the balance, it rarely ends up that way. It is even more complex when you look at the fact that drug companies are providing ALL the money to researchers in an attempt to prove that their drugs are helpful, and there are virtually no funds from unbiased sources that would support, for example, testing alternatives, or, comparing generic vs newly formulated drugs.

I would applaud the author for making these points accessible to readers who don’t have scientific backgrounds, or those who are unaccustomed to critically appraising new information. It is such questioning that fuels more research and gets us closer to a more valid result.

Quite frankly, scientists in general have done a terrible job in making some of the bigger issues in science accessible to people without the background. This blog I think does an outstanding job in that regard. If you are looking for something written more ‘professionally’, go read a research journal.

I’m going to add another comment. I like that you have a blog about health and I’m assuming that it’s because you want people to be healthy. And that there is some connection between that and – and what? Are you a medical student? What exactly is your background that qualifies you to write about this sort of stuff?

Let’s say you’re interested in people living healthier lives and that this is the basis of your blog. But there is a lot to your writing, and hence your blog, that is not particularly scientific. Especially when you write about how drug companies lie with and manipulate statistics.

Let’s take a look at your post: You begin “…drug companies often pretty much lie” to get their drugs approved. Now what does “often” mean? Statistically? how often is often? And what does “pretty much lie” mean? If you’re writing an article on stem cells, you’re not going to be writing something “often pretty much” happens this way or that. So I think you need to approach your blog more professionally.