Dr Ray Moynihan (PhD)

Dr Ray Moynihan (PhD)

Dr Moynihan (PhD) is a senior research fellow at the Centre for Research in Evidence-Based Practice (CREBP), Bond University, Queensland.

He is an award-winning journalist and author with a global reputation.

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Medical Observer Opinion

Drug company distortion of medical evidence needs to end

5th December 2019
While there’s much to celebrate in medicine, it’s now beyond doubt that we have too much of it. Too many tests, diagnoses,…
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Medical Observer Opinion

Why GPs need to be the ones defining who is sick

16th April 2019
Did you know the definition of high blood pressure (hypertension) in the US was recently greatly expanded? Overnight, tens…
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Directions
Medical Observer Opinion

Influential doctors aren't disclosing their drug company ties

5th February 2019
In September, the New York Times revealed that one of the world’s top cancer specialists had quietly received millions of…
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Money
Medical Observer Opinion

Five commonly over-diagnosed conditions and what we can do about them

17th August 2017
ANALYSIS Today five influential Australian health-care organisations – representing professionals, the public and policy…
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Smart Practice

Here's exactly how drug companies wine and dine doctors

4th July 2017
In June 2015, 24 Australian cancer specialists flew to Chicago to attend a five-day conference. A drug giant funded the trip…
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Specialist Updates Evidence-based medicine

4 questions to ask before labelling something a disease

16th May 2017
In the early 1990s a small meeting of experts, part-funded by drug companies, decided on a new definition of the bone…
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