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Prescription for controversy, Science, May 3, 2024
Paper Trail, Science, January 18, 2024
Paper-mill articles buoyed Spanish dean’s research output, Retraction Watch, January 18, 2024
World-renowned biologist accused of bullying student, stealing his work, Retraction Watch, August 21, 2023
Did a ‘nasty’ publishing scheme help an Indian dental school win high rankings?, Science, June 7, 2023
In the Death of an Iranian Scientist, Hints of Unchecked Strife, Undark, 05.31.2023
Fedtfrysning i fremmarch: En hypet og ureguleret behandling kan have skjulte farer, Medicinsk Tidsskrift November 2022, PDF
Researchers Find HPV Vaccine Trials Put Safety on the Back Burner, Slate, March 11, 2020
India’s antibiotic combinations thwart efforts to curb drug resistance, say researchers, The BMJ, February 5, 2018, PDF
What the Gardasil Testing May Have Missed, Slate, December 17, 2017
Health camps and surveys: marketing an unproved, unapproved drug in India, The BMJ, December 20, 2016, PDF
Driven to Suicide by an ‘Inhuman and Unnatural’ Pressure to Sell, The New York Times, August 11, 2016
India Seeks to Curb Dangerous Drug Cocktails -- Big Pharma freely markets combo products banned elsewhere, MedPage Today, June 28, 2016.
Bad Science Means Good Business for Abbott in India, MedPage Today, February 28, 2016
India’s “health camps”: the drug rep will see you now, The BMJ, December 2, 2015, PDF
Many babies exposed to unnecessary pain in research, Reuters, October 9, 2015
Medicine in India: 'Qualified Quacks' and a Baffling Drug Landscape, VICE News, August 24, 2015
Surrogate mothers in India unaware of risks, Reuters, March 2, 2015
Robot fører kniven, Politiken, November 20, 2014, PDF
In India, chances are the doctor is a quack, GlobalPost, March 24, 2014
One man’s quest to train India’s many quack doctors, GlobalPost, March 24, 2014
VIDEO: Could quack doctors be a boon to India’s healthcare system?, GlobalPost, March 24, 2014
Dirty Medicine, Fortune Magazine, May 15, 2013 (reporter associate)
Abbott suspends giving gifts to doctors in India, Reuters, October 16, 2012
In India, gift-giving drives drug makers' marketing, Reuters, September 17, 2012
Special Report: Cancer screening feeds overdiagnosis debate, Reuters, April 20, 2012, PDF
Financial transparency skin-deep at medical journals, Reuters, June 8, 2011
Gaining on death, cooling therapy catches on slowly, Reuters, August 26, 2010