Highly cited paper on women and heart disease retracted for failure to replicate

A highly cited study examining the risks of heart disease in post-menopausal women with symptoms of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) has been retracted by its authors because they could not replicate the results. Here’s the retraction notice for the paper, which appeared in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism: The article “Post-menopausal Women With […]

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Ob-gyn prof up to 7 retractions, latest due to “substantial data misrepresentation”

Two more retractions have popped up for Nasser Chegini, the former University of Florida professor currently under investigation by the Office of Research Integrity (ORI). Both retractions appear in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. The notices indicate that an investigation report from the University of Florida “found substantial data misrepresentation” in two JCEM articles about […]

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