A medical journal that for more than 20 years published advice about drug safety for pregnant women has issued a rare correction related to two questionable articles by the column’s lead author. Canadian Family Physician (CFP), the official journal of the College of Family Physicians of Canada, published the correction in its January 2019 edition outlining concerns with the articles co-authored by Dr. Gideon Koren, former head of the SickKids’ Motherisk program and director of its discredited lab. Dr. Gideon Koren, founder and former director of Motherisk, and co-author of two articles recently corrected by the Canadian Family Physician medical journal. The journal withdrew its endorsement of the guideline in 2017, acknowledging in an editorial that it hadn’t subjected these regular articles to double-blind, peer reviews because of its “long-standing relationship with Motherisk.” The journal published regular articles under the title “Motherisk Update” from 1995 to 2016. Pimlott said CFP is reviewing all Motherisk articles it has published.

Source: thestar February 01, 2019 15:50 UTC