The author neglected to put the quotation marks around "expert", which would
indicate its fallacious implications.

Dogman wrote:
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http://www.newswise.com/articles/new...esearchers-say
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| "Moreover, the recommendations are based on expert opinion, rather
| than solid evidence, the researchers said, which is especially
| problematic since the guidelines' authors disclosed extensive
| potential conflicts of interest.
|
| "The guidelines were written by a panel assembled by the National
| Heart, Lung and Blood Institute ( NHLBI) and published in Pediatrics,
| in November 2011. They also were endorsed by the American Academy of
| Pediatrics. The guidelines call for universal screening of all 9 to
| 11-year-old children with a non-fasting lipid panel, and targeted
| screening of 30 to 40 percent of 2 to 8-year-old and 12 to 16-year old
| children with two fasting lipid profiles. Previous recommendations
| called only for children considered at high risk of elevated levels to
| be screened with a simple non-fasting total cholesterol test."
|
| "The authors note that the panel chair and all members who drafted the
| lipid screening recommendations disclosed an 'extensive assortment of
| financial relationships with companies making lipid lowering drugs and
| lipid testing instruments.' Some of those relevant relationships
| include paid consultancies or advisory board memberships with
| pharmaceuticals that produce cholesterol-lowering drugs such as Merck,
| Pfizer, Astra Zeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Roche and Sankyo."
|
| Tar. Feathers. Rail.