Equipoise:
Emails published as part of the NIH report suggest that backers of the trial expected to show that moderate drinking has a health benefit. Researchers are supposed to have what is known as “equipoise” going into a trial. That means “you are approaching a question with a completely neutral attitude,” [cardiologist and deputy director for extramural research at NIH Michael] Lauer said.
From “A huge clinical trial collapses, and research on alcohol remains befuddling,” Joel Achenbach, WaPo.
