Evidence-based Medicine
Assessing the magnitude of reporting bias in trials of homeopathy: a cross-sectional study and meta-analysis.
18 Mar, 2022 | 08:46h | UTCNews Release: Poor research practice suggests true impact of homeopathy may be “substantially” overestimated – BMJ Newsroom
Commentary on Twitter
Poor research practice suggests true impact of homeopathy may be “substantially” overestimated suggests @BMJ_EBM research https://t.co/5FvvJJJLX1 pic.twitter.com/2g5LWSvfYn
— BMJ (@bmj_company) March 16, 2022
Systematic Review: Behavioral approaches to recruitment and retention in clinical trials.
18 Mar, 2022 | 07:40h | UTCRelated:
Perspective: How Can We Keep Participants in Clinical Trials Involved
At-a-glance PICO summaries are now available with Cochrane Abstracts.
17 Mar, 2022 | 08:36h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
New @CochraneLibrary feature! #PICO terms will now display on Cochrane review pages, helping you to find the most relevant Cochrane evidence to answer your research or clinical question! https://t.co/KkRaXJXpCc pic.twitter.com/LHCPgyPiE6
— The Cochrane Library (@CochraneLibrary) March 16, 2022
Methods Primer: Extrapolation beyond the end of trials to estimate long term survival and cost-effectiveness.
16 Mar, 2022 | 09:44h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
New: Useful information here from @NRLatimer @DrAmandaAdler: “Extrapolating Beyond the End of Trials to Estimate Long-term Survival and Cost-effectiveness” ➡️ https://t.co/ULgDfhg2cX#NewArticle #BMJMedicine #MedTwitter pic.twitter.com/Y4RDLxVHSv
— BMJMedicine (@BMJMedicine) March 15, 2022
‘We suppressed our scientific imagination’: four experts examine the big successes and failures of the COVID response so far.
15 Mar, 2022 | 08:47h | UTC
Guide to statistics and methods: collider bias.
15 Mar, 2022 | 08:30h | UTCCollider Bias – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Opinion: Open science, done wrong, will compound inequities.
15 Mar, 2022 | 08:14h | UTCOpen science, done wrong, will compound inequities – Nature
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Open-access publishing fees deter researchers in the global south.
Open-access Science Funders Announce Price Transparency Rules for Publishers (several resources on the subject)
A new mandate highlights costs, benefits of making all scientific articles free to read – Science
A guide to Plan S: the open-access initiative shaking up science publishing – Nature
Writing up your clinical trial report for a scientific journal: the REPORT trial guide for effective and transparent research reporting without spin.
14 Mar, 2022 | 01:32h | UTC
Report: Measuring sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation.
11 Mar, 2022 | 09:55h | UTCCommentary: NIH-funded study offers recommendations for measuring gender, sexual orientation – Healthcare IT News
Methods primer: Data linkage in medical research.
11 Mar, 2022 | 09:44h | UTCData linkage in medical research – BMJ Medicine
Commentary on Twitter
“Methods to quantify, interpret and account for errors are needed, alongside guidelines for transparent reporting.” @Klharron.
Read more ➡️ https://t.co/ctrowLbqD9 #MedTwitter #BMJMedicine @ich_ppp @Richard_D_Riley @rafaoxford pic.twitter.com/QXl0HcE8nh— BMJMedicine (@BMJMedicine) March 7, 2022
Four reasons why too many informed consents to clinical research are invalid: a critical analysis of current practices.
9 Mar, 2022 | 08:45h | UTC
Nature is trialling transparent peer review — the early results are encouraging.
8 Mar, 2022 | 08:52h | UTCNature is trialling transparent peer review — the early results are encouraging – Nature
JAMA Guide to Statistics and Methods: Causal Directed Acyclic Graphs.
4 Mar, 2022 | 08:40h | UTCCausal Directed Acyclic Graphs – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Perspective: David Oliver: Has covid killed the medical conference?
25 Feb, 2022 | 11:26h | UTCDavid Oliver: Has covid killed the medical conference? – The BMJ
Opinion | Controlling the control arm in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer trials: best standard of care or the minimum standard of care?
23 Feb, 2022 | 10:03h | UTC
Analysis of 567,758 randomized controlled trials published over 30 years reveals trends in phrases used to discuss results that do not reach statistical significance.
21 Feb, 2022 | 08:34h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Spinning p-values in randomized controlled trials:
"Analysis of 567,758 randomized controlled trials published over 30 years reveals trends in phrases used to discuss results that do not reach statistical significance" (https://t.co/2MXZeCShWU)#statstwitter pic.twitter.com/uu8RiRR63J
— Gary Collins ?? (@GSCollins) February 19, 2022
Open-access publishing fees deter researchers in the global south.
18 Feb, 2022 | 08:35h | UTCOpen-access publishing fees deter researchers in the global south – Nature
Why randomized controlled trials matter and the procedures that strengthen them.
15 Feb, 2022 | 08:39h | UTCWhy randomized controlled trials matter and the procedures that strengthen them – Our World in Data
Ending the evidence gap for pregnancy, HIV and co-infections: ethics guidance from the PHASES project.
15 Feb, 2022 | 08:35h | UTC
Guide to writing and publishing a scientific manuscript: Part 1—The structure.
10 Feb, 2022 | 08:35h | UTC
Opinion: Development of clinical practice guidelines ‘is a mess’.
9 Feb, 2022 | 10:16h | UTCDevelopment of clinical practice guidelines ‘is a mess’ – STAT
Peer review guidance for evaluating the narrative review: lessons applied from the systematic review.
8 Feb, 2022 | 08:29h | UTC
Critical appraisal of the new CDC article on the effectiveness of masks for the prevention of Covid-19.
7 Feb, 2022 | 08:52h | UTCMask studies reach a new scientific low point – Vinay Prasad’s Observations and Thoughts
Related Studies:
Time to upgrade from cloth and surgical masks to respirators? Your questions answered.
Modeling COVID-19 mortality across 44 Countries: Face covering may reduce deaths.
What can masks do? Part 2: What makes for a good mask study — and why most fail.
Opinion | Why Are Americans Still—Still!—Wearing Cloth Masks?
Evidence shows that, yes, masks prevent COVID-19 – and surgical masks are the way to go.
[Preprint] Largest study of masks yet details their importance in fighting Covid-19.
Commentary on Twitter
A new @CDCMMWR study shows that people who reported always wearing masks or respirators in indoor public settings in California were less likely to test positive for #COVID19 compared with those who reported not wearing a face covering. Learn more. https://t.co/T8gaqiPHyI pic.twitter.com/6UJ9cs60NK
— CDC (@CDCgov) February 4, 2022
Perspective: Understand the real reasons reproducibility reform fails.
7 Feb, 2022 | 08:26h | UTCUnderstand the real reasons reproducibility reform fails – Nature
Expert reaction to a preprint looking at the impact of lockdowns, as posted on the John Hopkins Krieger School of Arts and Sciences website.
4 Feb, 2022 | 10:03h | UTCOriginal Article: a Literature Review And Meta-Analysis Of The Effects Of Lockdowns On Covid-19 Mortality – John Hopkins Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
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