Dr. Jeffrey Drazen, editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, said Thursday he is planning to retire within a year after nearly two decades at the publication. The journal is among the most influential medical publications in the world, impacting the care that patients get by shaping what research their doctors see. And he worked with other medical journals to revise policies on financial disclosure for authors. Dr. Karen Antman, dean of Boston University School of Medicine, said the journal is considered the best and very reliable, and "the editor is everything to that process." ———The Associated Press Health & Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Department of Science Education.

Source: ABC News September 27, 2018 17:48 UTC