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<blockquote data-quote="phoenix" data-source="post: 69692" data-attributes="member: 12578"><p>Why should a five week study on 10 men be front page news?</p><p>And who paid for this particular piece of research? Is it also influenced by it's sponsors?</p><p></p><p>It was supported by grants from the American Diabetes Association, the Minnesota Beef Council, and the Colorado and Nebraska Beef Councils. </p><p></p><p>It is a fact that some industries and charities have interests in common. A new drug, or indeed a new diet may genuinely help people with diabetes live a better life, both diabetics and the industry may benefit. Obviously both the food industry and pharmaceutical industry have incentives to fund such research. (just as in the example above) The task of charities such as DUK is to make sure that such funding does not compromise integrity.</p><p>Most of the income of diabetes UK is in fact from individual members and legacies (about a third from legacies). They have corporate sponsors but also have an extremely rigorous policy governing relations with industry, including maximum donation from groups with vested interests. Donations greater than £100,000 have to be ageed by both the senior management team and the Board of trustees. Under 10% of DUK's income is derived from corporate donations, just under 5% is from the pharmaceutical industry.</p><p>If anyone wants to influence the policy of DUK, why don't they get involved with them? It is a body with a membership. There is a council of people living with diabetes (membership by election) This board in turn elects people to the board of Trustees. You can if you feel that DUK has been compromised in some way contact the board. Both its email address and membership list is on the </p><p>website.</p><p>You could also get involved with things at the grass roots level such as volunteering to help, for example in their awareness campaign. Working to change from within would might better than continual sniping from outside.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="phoenix, post: 69692, member: 12578"] Why should a five week study on 10 men be front page news? And who paid for this particular piece of research? Is it also influenced by it's sponsors? It was supported by grants from the American Diabetes Association, the Minnesota Beef Council, and the Colorado and Nebraska Beef Councils. It is a fact that some industries and charities have interests in common. A new drug, or indeed a new diet may genuinely help people with diabetes live a better life, both diabetics and the industry may benefit. Obviously both the food industry and pharmaceutical industry have incentives to fund such research. (just as in the example above) The task of charities such as DUK is to make sure that such funding does not compromise integrity. Most of the income of diabetes UK is in fact from individual members and legacies (about a third from legacies). They have corporate sponsors but also have an extremely rigorous policy governing relations with industry, including maximum donation from groups with vested interests. Donations greater than £100,000 have to be ageed by both the senior management team and the Board of trustees. Under 10% of DUK's income is derived from corporate donations, just under 5% is from the pharmaceutical industry. If anyone wants to influence the policy of DUK, why don't they get involved with them? It is a body with a membership. There is a council of people living with diabetes (membership by election) This board in turn elects people to the board of Trustees. You can if you feel that DUK has been compromised in some way contact the board. Both its email address and membership list is on the website. You could also get involved with things at the grass roots level such as volunteering to help, for example in their awareness campaign. Working to change from within would might better than continual sniping from outside. [/QUOTE]
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