Results of medication studies in top medical journals may be misleading to readers

Studies about medications published in the most influential medical journals are frequently designed in a way that yields misleading or confusing results. The journals are the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association, the Lancet, the Annals of Internal Medicine, the British Medical Journal and the Archives of Internal Medicine.  The findings are published online in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. PDF  Eurekalert!