Natural disasters have a lot in common with other major traumas, like life-threatening accidents and mass shootings – especially…
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Bias A Classic Case of Science “He Said”, “She Said”: How Psychologists Trying to Prevent PTSD Got ControversialRead more
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Evidence Consumer-Contested Evidence: Why the ME/CFS Exercise Dispute Matters So MuchRead more
Sometimes, a dispute with a consumer movement comes along that has profound implications for far more than the people in it. I…
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Evidence The Dangerous Allure of Breech Birth at Home – and a Problematic New PaperRead more
At first glance, I thought I’d misunderstood it. I just didn’t expect to see a paper with so much spin about…
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Bias “True Patient Advocates Must Be Students of Evidence-Based Medicine”: An Impatient RebuttalRead more
Here’s the thing. If you’re a doctor who is a fervent advocate for a professional school of thought, and you feel…
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Evidence Post-Surgery Thoughts on Evidence and ChoiceRead more
I had been losing sight, slowly at first, but later, scarily quickly. By the time I had my first surgery…
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Evidence “High Value, Low Wastage Research” Is More Than Just a Catchphrase NowRead more
I don’t recall hearing it before. But I’ve heard the slogan “high value, low wastage research” a lot the last…
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Evidence Correcting the Record On That Critique of the Cochrane HPV Vaccine ReviewRead more
It can be a long, unrewarding slog to unpack the problems in a published paper. David Allison and colleagues talked…
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Bias Boilover: The Cochrane HPV Vaccine Fire Isn’t Really About the Evidence – but it’s Critical to ScienceRead more
It was always a volatile situation. If it blew, it was going to be even harder to keep perspective through all…
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Evidence The HPV Vaccine: A Critique of a Critique of a Meta-AnalysisRead more
Battles over vaccine evidence sure can get toxic, can’t they? If you’re a diehard partisan, though, you can look for…
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Evidence Yoga, Depression, & Clinical Trial Critique 101Read more
A study piqued my curiosity in a news feed recently. Yoga could reduce depression symptoms, researchers said – but only if…
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Evidence What Does the PREDIMED Trial Retraction & Reboot Mean for the Mediterranean Diet?Read more
A very influential nutrition trial just tanked. It was retracted from the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) on 13 June…
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Bias Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analyses: A 5-Step CheckupRead more
It’s easy to be a little blinded by the specialized statistical techniques in systematic reviews and meta-analyses. As with any type…