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[–]YoMamma 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yep - I'm really sick of this assumption by spreaders of misinformation that we should all believe images with text rather than the original sources.

Corporate-funded bias and conflicts of interest have always been a partial problem in medical research, which is why the scientific community has opportunies to respond to those biases and to request corrections to or the removal of misleading publications. Hence, she's not mentioned anything that's shocking to anyone in medical sceience. There are numerous retractions in medical journals.

More information about her and her specific criticisms:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcia_Angell

And specific corrections to medical publications:

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2652632