Fad diets – #AskForEvidence
Sense about science are encouraging people to #AskForEvidence for fad diets. #diet #spoofdiets
Sense about science are encouraging people to #AskForEvidence for fad diets. #diet #spoofdiets
Digital medication adherence systems are technology-based solutions that help patients manage their medication regimens and improve their adherence to prescribed treatments.
Carrying out a literature search can feel daunting when faced with the task. This blog introduces you to the main databases available to enable a comprehensive search of the medical literature.
In this blog, Tessa provides her own summary of a 2019 Cochrane Systematic Review, “Lifestyle changes for treating psoriasis”.
Participants in clinical trials may exit the study prior to having their results collated; in this case, what do we do with their results?
Healthcare students are often exposed to significant stressors during their studies and work. Are psychological interventions effective in fostering resilience in this cohort?
How effective is oil pulling in improving oral health? The Ayurvedic technique of oil pulling has become a popular DIY home remedy, promising to cure a plethora of oral health problems. But pulling out the research behind these claims highlights the lack of evidence.
How effective is food as medicine? In April, the media ran several stories about a research study exploring the link between dietary fibre intake and breast cancer. Let’s try and digest the evidence.
In this blog, Lucy discusses a recent Cochrane review which summarises all evidence for interventions relevant to the prevention of preterm birth (PTB) as reported in Cochrane systematic reviews (SRs).
A 2014 Cochrane Review compared the effects of using a manual toothbrush with an electric toothbrush for maintaining oral health. What’s the evidence?
This blog introduces you to the concept of confounding. There is a clear explanation and then examples and methods to minimise the effect of confounding during study design and statistical analysis.
What is the evidence that having high cholesterol, or high LDL (low-density lipoprotein) levels, increases your chance of getting heart disease?
This is a Portuguese translation of the fourth in a series of 36 blogs explaining 36 Key Concepts we need to be able to understand to think critically about treatment claims. With thanks to Guilherme de Mattos Queiroz and Cochrane Brazil for the translation.
This blog explains that treatments that have not been properly evaluated but are widely used or have been used for a long time are often assumed to work. Sometimes, however, they may be unsafe or of doubtful benefit.
How accurately have the media reported on the link between dentures and frailty? This blog by Neelam Khan looks at the evidence behind the claim that “Dentures put wearers at risk of malnutrition because they can’t chew healthy food”.
This is a Portuguese translation of the second in a series of 36 blogs explaining 36 Key Concepts we need to be able to understand to think critically about treatment claims. With thanks to Felipe Medauar and Cochrane Brazil for the translation.
This blog explains that claims about the effects of a treatment may be misleading if they are based on stories about how a treatment helped individual people, or if those stories attribute improvements to treatments that have not been assessed in systematic reviews of fair comparisons.