Media coverage of drug studies lacking, study says. Journalists too often leave out information that might reflect bias in drug study results, and use brand names that might implicitly promote the drug in question, a new study concludes. Boston Globe, Massachusetts. 6 October 2008.

Tobacco funded Mass. researchers. The nation's largest cigarette maker has paid for scientific research at four Massachusetts universities since 2000, a practice that critics of the tobacco industry liken to the Mafia underwriting crime fighting. Boston Globe, Massachusetts. 31 March 2008.

Researcher admits fraud in grant data. In the worst case of scientific fakery to come to light in two decades, a top obesity researcher who long worked at the University of Vermont admitted yesterday that he fabricated data in 17 applications for federal grants to make his work seem more promising, helping him win nearly $3 million in government funding. Boston Globe, Massachusetts. 18 March 2005. [related stories]