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Deficit Pays at Shire. Davis M, published on 5/11/2005 by TheStreet.Com.
Accessed on 2005-05-23. For a while, Gretchen LeFever was able to draw national television
coverage to her crusade: what she calls the excessive diagnosis and treatment of attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder. The pediatric clinical psychologist made a name for herself
after studying the apparent prevalence of ADHD in her eastern Virginia community. At one
local school district, for example, LeFever found that 17% of the children in grades two
through five had been diagnosed with ADHD. Moreover, she discovered that the vast majority of
those diagnosed with the disorder were being treated with prescription stimulants like
Ritalin and the next-generation drugs manufactured by Eli Lilly, Johnson & Johnson and Shire
Pharmaceuticals.
www.thestreet.com/stocks/melissadavid/10222737.html
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Improving Medical
Statistics and the Interpretation of Medical Studies. Roehm E. Accessed on
2005-05-06. There is considerable variability in the information that the public and
physicians receive regarding the results of medical trials. One contributing factor is the
incorrect application of statistics in the medical literature. A more common source of error
is that the conclusions of a study are not always a reasonable reflection of the data
presented. The following includes examples of the misuse of statistics and inappropriate
conclusions in the medical literature. Some suggestions for improvement are included.
www.improvingmedicalstatistics.com/
07/08/2008.
