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Article: SIDE EFFECTS ARE DOCTORS'; LOYALTIES DIVIDED? UW course for doctors pushed risky therapy In 2002, a study found that hormone therapy increased women's chances of breast cancer, heart disease, stroke and blood clots. But with drug-maker funds, UW kept promoting the treatment.
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- January 25, 2009
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The conclusions were clear: Women who took hormone therapy drugs
were at increased risk for breast cancer, heart disease, stroke and
blood clots.
The findings were so strong that researchers stopped a clinical
trial in 2002, five years early, because it would have been
unethical to continue giving the drugs to women.
But that same year, the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School
of Medicine and Public Health began a medical education program for
doctors that promoted hormone therapy, touted its benefits and
downplayed its risks.
For the next six years, thousands of doctors from around the
country took the online course that was funded entirely by a $12
million grant from Wyeth ...