Dr Edwards, who was medical officer for BAS at the time it was shot two years ago, had planned to spend his time writing scientific research papers for medical journals.
Even if Larry Altman avoided residency, where papers are discussed even more, he would have had to learn how to read scientificpapers as a pre-med and as a medical student.
Instead of appearing first in a medical journal where results are carefully vetted by anonymous outside experts, as is the tradition for scientificpapers, the researchers involved organized a press conference that was funded by the company.