A draft NIH policy out for comment would require researchers to share plain-language summary results with clinical research participants for all NIH-supported studies, unless justifiably not appropriate.
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ANALYSISAn investigation into the flood of papers mining one public health database found something more awkward than organised fraud: an open marketplace of tools that lets anyone produce a publishable analysis in an afternoon.
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WHAT THE STUDY ACTUALLY SAYSTrained on 2,202 retracted paper mill articles, a text classifier flagged 9.87 percent of the cancer literature — including in the highest-impact journals. Flagged is not the same as fraudulent.
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ANALYSISBristol Myers Squibb found 'irregularities' in how a small number of ADEPT-2 sites executed the study, excluded their patients, and is enrolling more. Alzheimer's-related psychosis still has no approved treatment.
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ANALYSISAn EHR-embedded model wrote hospital summaries residents edited less — but with more confabulations. A separate pipeline audited 21,041 trial reports against CONSORT at 91.7% agreement with experts.
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