Evidence-based Medicine
Alex Nowbar’s journal review—18 September 2019
19 Sep, 2019 | 08:11h | UTCAlex Nowbar’s journal review, 18 September 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.
Ann Robinson’s journal review—10 September 2019
11 Sep, 2019 | 08:03h | UTCAnn Robinson’s journal review, 10 September 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.
2019 Update on Medical Overuse
10 Sep, 2019 | 01:50h | UTC2019 Update on Medical Overuse: A Review – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
ACP Recommendations: Disclosure of Interests and Management of Conflicts of Interest in Clinical Guidelines and Guidance Statements
10 Sep, 2019 | 01:20h | UTCCommentaries: American College of Physicians Releases Paper on Methods for Managing Conflicts of Interests in Clinical Guidelines – American College of Physicians (free) AND ACP Releases Policy Statement on DOI, COI Management for Clinical Guideline Development – Clinical Advisor (free)
Editorial: Reporting and Interpretation of Randomized Clinical Trials
9 Sep, 2019 | 00:09h | UTCReporting and Interpretation of Randomized Clinical Trials – JAMA (free)
Ann Robinson’s journal review—5 September 2019
6 Sep, 2019 | 08:57h | UTCAnn Robinson’s journal review, 5 September 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.
Perspective: What Statistics Can and Can’t Tell Us About Ourselves
4 Sep, 2019 | 08:45h | UTCWhat Statistics Can and Can’t Tell Us About Ourselves – The New Yorker (free)
WHO Joins Coalition for Free Digital Access to Health Research
30 Aug, 2019 | 08:53h | UTCWHO joins coalition for free digital access to health research – World Health Organization (free)
See also: World Health Organization and TDR Join cOAlition S to Support Free and Immediate Access to Health Research – Plan S (free)
Related: Plan S: Making Full and Immediate Open Access a Reality (free) AND Open Access 2018: A Year of Funders and Universities Drawing Lines in the Sand (free)
RoB 2: A Revised Tool for Assessing Risk of Bias in Randomized Trials
30 Aug, 2019 | 08:36h | UTCRoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials – The BMJ (free)
Opinion: Unethical Work Must be Filtered Out or Flagged
18 Aug, 2019 | 21:22h | UTCUnethical work must be filtered out or flagged – Nature (free)
Key Concepts for Making Informed Choices
15 Aug, 2019 | 07:47h | UTCKey concepts for making informed choices – Nature (free)
Viewpoint: Improving the Quality of Dietary Research
13 Aug, 2019 | 01:05h | UTCImproving the Quality of Dietary Research – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Related JAMA Viewpoints: The Challenge of Reforming Nutritional Epidemiologic Research (free for a limited period) AND Current and Future Landscape of Nutritional Epidemiologic Research (free for a limited period)
Study: Evaluation of “Spin” in Abstracts of Papers in Psychiatry and Psychology Journals
6 Aug, 2019 | 08:02h | UTCCommentaries: Expert reaction to study reporting ‘spin’ in abstracts of psychiatry and psychology journals – Science Media Centre (free) AND ‘Spin’ found in over half of clinical trial abstracts published in top psychiatry journals – The British Medical Journal (free)
Related: Systematic Review: Spin in Published Cardiovascular Randomized Trials with Statistically Nonsignificant Primary Outcomes (free study and editorial) AND ‘Spin’ in published biomedical literature: A methodological systematic review – PLOS Biology (free)
Alex Nowbar’s journal review—5 August 2019
6 Aug, 2019 | 08:00h | UTCAlex Nowbar’s journal review, 5 August 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.
Financial Conflicts of Interest in Systematic Reviews: Associations with Results, Conclusions, and Methodological Quality
6 Aug, 2019 | 07:55h | UTCSummary: Financial conflicts of interests and results, conclusions, and quality of systematic reviews – Cochrane Library (free)
Study: Editors’ and Authors’ Individual Conflicts of Interest Disclosure and Journal Transparency
2 Aug, 2019 | 02:31h | UTCCommentary: Medical journal editors expect authors to disclose conflicts of interest—but don’t disclose their own – Science (free)
Related: Why we should care that many editors of top medical journals get healthcare industry payments (free study and commentary)
Publication Trends of Systematic Reviews and Randomized Clinical Trials
1 Aug, 2019 | 07:46h | UTCAssessment of Publication Trends of Systematic Reviews and Randomized Clinical Trials, 1995 to 2017 – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Invited Commentary: Meta-analysis Metastasis – JAMA Internal Medicine (free)
Related: The Mass Production of Redundant, Misleading, and Conflicted Systematic Reviews and Meta‐analyses – Milbank Quarterly (free PDF)
Viewpoint: Harms from Uninformative Clinical Trials
26 Jul, 2019 | 01:04h | UTCHarms from Uninformative Clinical Trials – JAMA (free)
“An uninformative trial is one that provides results that are not of meaningful use for a patient, clinician, researcher, or policy maker.”
How a Data Detective Exposed Suspicious Medical Trials
25 Jul, 2019 | 01:56h | UTCHow a data detective exposed suspicious medical trials – Nature (free)
Related: Dozens of recent clinical trials may contain wrong or falsified data (free study by John Carlisle)
“Anaesthetist John Carlisle has spotted problems in hundreds of research papers — and spurred a leading medical journal to change its practice.”
Free Online Learning Modules: Cochrane Launches Cochrane’s Evidence Essentials
25 Jul, 2019 | 01:18h | UTCNews Release: Cochrane launches Cochrane’s Evidence Essentials: An introduction to evidence-based medicine and systematic reviews (free)
Learning Modules: Cochrane’s Evidence Essentials (free registration required)
Opinion: Evidence vs. Consensus in Clinical Practice Guidelines
21 Jul, 2019 | 21:28h | UTCEvidence vs Consensus in Clinical Practice Guidelines – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Opinion: Distinguishing Opinion from Evidence in Guidelines
21 Jul, 2019 | 21:29h | UTCDistinguishing opinion from evidence in guidelines – The BMJ (free for a limited period)
Opinion: A Bird’s-eye View of Clinical Trials Provides New Perspectives on Drug Research and Development
21 Jul, 2019 | 21:26h | UTC
New Guidelines for Statistical Reporting in the NEJM
21 Jul, 2019 | 21:03h | UTCEditorial: New Guidelines for Statistical Reporting in the Journal – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Ten Simple Rules Towards Healthier Research Labs
21 Jul, 2019 | 20:53h | UTCTen simple rules towards healthier research labs – PLOS Computational Biology (free)