In an abstract published in 2007 in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, a company-funded, 10-person study found the Clarisonic was "significantly more effective" in removing makeup than using soap and fingers.

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Many of these podcasts seem to deliver nearly identical information to the journal (essentially serving as a headline and abstract reading service), and when additional information is offered (such as author interviews), it tends to be dry and only intermittently intelligible.

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But today, the Journal posted a correction removing the 18-month difference from the abstract and discussion of that article.

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In a correction posted on the Web site of The New England Journal of Medicine, where the study, called APPROVe, was published in February, 2005, the journal removes the conclusion that it takes 18 months for risk to emerge from the Abstract and the discussion of their paper.

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