Why is the National Academies Appointing Alcohol-Industry Funded Researchers to Serve on Panel to Review the Health Effects of Alcohol?

In conclusion, there is no doubt that Dr. Mukamal should be removed from the National Academies panel in order to preserve the integrity of both the panel and of the National Academies itself.Although Dr. Rimm was not involved in the solicitation of funding, he didserve as a principal investigator of the MACH trial. Thus, he has been funded by the alcohol industry and this conflict of interest should disqualify him from participating in, much less chairing the panel. Dr. Rimmshould be removed from the National Academies panel in order to preserve the integrity of both the panel and of the National Academies itself.The final blow, and perhaps the biggest reason to exclude both Dr. Mukamal and Dr. Rimm from the panel, is that neither has been forthright about this conflict of interest in papers they have published subsequent to the trial. For example, inthis 2020 paper of which both Dr. Mukamal and Dr. Rimm are co-authors, there is no visible disclosure that they had conducted research funded by the alcohol industry. In a section of the paper entitled " Author Relationship with Industry, " two of the co-authors disclose their relationships, but Dr. Mukamal and Rimm do not. In fact, the section ends by stating: "All other authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose. " However, one of the facts presented in the paper is that wine has high anti-inflammatory potential!Furthermore, in anarticle that appears in this ...
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