Doubt that the alcoholic beverage industry has made money for scientists working on alcohol research

byPaloma A.

It is suspected that scientists conducting research on "health effects of drinking alcohol" were receiving research funds from liquor companies that would benefit from it, and a survey on whether the research itself was fraudulent It is done.

Federal Agency Courted Alcohol Industry to Fund Study on Benefits of Moderate Drinking - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/17/health/nih-alcohol-study-liquor-industry.html


NIH will examine ethics of its research on the health effects of a daily glass of wine - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/nih-will-examine-ethics-of-its-study-on-the-health-effects-of-a-daily-glass-of-wine/2018/03/20/db8f2806-2c78-11e8-b0b0-f706877db618_story.html

America'sThe National Institutes of Health(NIH) is the world's leading medical research centers 30 billion annually dollars (about 3.2 trillion yen) or more of the tax has been spent on biomedical research, research on alcohol is one of the centers in 27, National It is held at the Alcohol Abuse and Addiction Research Institute (NIAAA).

In the NIAAA, investigating what happens when drinking alcohol every day as a part of lifestyle is investigating 100 million dollars (about 10,600 million yen) and advancing in 10 years plan "Medium alcohol drinking health Effect on clinical trials ".

According to the New York Times, two scientists involved in the research and one authority official present a presentation at a hotel in Palm Beach, Florida in 2014, offering more than half the research expenses of $ 67.7 million (about 7 billion yen) He said that he took a story to receive. The problem is that the provider of this fund has a stake in the research contentAnheuser · Bush · Inbev,Heineken,Diagio,Porno Ricard,CarlsbergThis is a contrary to the rule that NIH's prohibition of recruitment / suggestion such as donation and support money is made.

I drink in the United States has become a major problem, than those who do not drink liquor, those people that drinking moderate long life, we know that heart disease is also small. If you can locate the "the one reason why you really drinking" in this study, is expected to be a major step forward for the health problems.

byQuentin Dr

However, in fact, those who have a specific medical history such as liver disease / kidney disease etc. that may be damaged by drinking alcohol, those whose family members / family members have become specific cancers are excluded from participants, It is also pointed out that the risk of drinking may not be properly measured.

Francis Collins of NIH announced that "We are researching useful," in anticipation of the New York Times' point of fidelity and investigating whether fraud is being conducted in the research.