Overcoming Potential Threats to Scientific Advancements: Conflict of Interest, Ulterior Motives, False Innuendos and Harassment

Humanity faces great challenges to public health in the 21st century, including global epidemics of chronic diseases [i.e., noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)] such as obesity, cardiovascular disease, cancers, and type 2 diabetes, as well as environmental and social challenges. The possible solutions to these challenges are quite complex, since they entail many layers of science as well as many layers external to science (e.g., politics, policy, research funding, and public perception) to achieve beneficence.

Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases - July 18, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Michael Sagner, Martin Binks, Christos Yapijakis, Carl J. Lavie, Erica Frank, Barry A. Franklin, Daniel E. Forman, Ross Arena, Carlo La Vecchia, Pekka Puska Source Type: research