Evidence-based Medicine
Update in Hospital Medicine: Practical Lessons from Current Literature
17 Apr, 2019 | 06:24h | UTC
Alex Nowbar’s Research Reviews – 15 April 2019
16 Apr, 2019 | 02:31h | UTCAlex Nowbar’s research reviews, 15 April 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Top Studies Relevant to Primary Care from 2018
15 Apr, 2019 | 00:43h | UTCTop studies relevant to primary care from 2018 – Canadian Family Physician (free)
Reforming Disease Definitions: A New Primary Care Led, People-centered Approach
11 Apr, 2019 | 00:42h | UTCProposal: Reforming disease definitions: a new primary care led, people-centred approach – BMJ Evidence Based Medicine (free)
Commentary: We need new rules for defining who is sick. Step 1: remove vested interests – The Conversation (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Reforming disease definitions: 'Expanding disease definitions are causing more and more previously healthy people to be labelled as diseased, contributing to the problem of over-diagnosis and related overtreatment' https://t.co/nB4xPXo7rZ
— BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine (@BMJ_EBM) April 10, 2019
Ann Robinson’s research reviews – 9 April 2019
10 Apr, 2019 | 06:05h | UTCAnn Robinson’s research reviews, 9 April 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.
The Importance of Predefined Rules and Prespecified Statistical Analyses: Do Not Abandon Significance
4 Apr, 2019 | 22:17h | UTCViewpoint: The Importance of Predefined Rules and Prespecified Statistical Analyses: Do Not Abandon Significance – JAMA (free)
Original Article: Scientists Rise Up Against Statistical Significance (free)
Related: Retire Statistical Significance? Really? – Unboxing Evidence Based Medicine (free)
Opinion – “Highly Profitable Medical Journal Says Open Access Publishing Has Failed. Right.”
3 Apr, 2019 | 00:55h | UTCHighly Profitable Medical Journal Says Open Access Publishing Has Failed. Right. – Forbes (free)
Original Article: No Free Lunch — What Price Plan S for Scientific Publishing? – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Related: Will the world embrace Plan S, the radical proposal to mandate open access to science papers? – Science (free) AND The costs of academic publishing are absurd. The University of California is fighting back – VOX (free) AND Ten myths around open scholarly publishing – PeerJ Preprints (free PDF) AND The world debates open-access mandates (free) AND China Backs Bold Plan to Tear Down Journal Paywalls (free) AND Europe’s Bold Open-Access Plan Detailed (free) Groundbreaking deal makes large number of German studies free to public – Science (free) AND Open Access 2018: A Year of Funders and Universities Drawing Lines in the Sand – Absolutely Maybe Blog (free)
Ann Robinson’s Weekly Research Reviews – 2 April 2019
3 Apr, 2019 | 00:50h | UTCAnn Robinson’s weekly research reviews, 2 April 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.
Alex Nowbar’s research reviews, 26 March 2019
27 Mar, 2019 | 05:53h | UTCAlex Nowbar’s research reviews, 26 March 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.
Perspective: Why You Should Be a “Medical Conservative”
25 Mar, 2019 | 00:43h | UTCWhy you should be a “medical conservative” – Lown Institute (free)
Original Article: Perspective: The Case for Being a Medical Conservative (free article and twitter thread)
“being a medical conservative means being skeptical about new medical advances until unbiased and high-quality evidence shows a clear benefit”
Practical Guidance for Patient-Centered Health Research
23 Mar, 2019 | 14:59h | UTCPractical guidance for patient-centred health research – The Lancet (free)
Scientists Rise Up Against Statistical Significance
21 Mar, 2019 | 06:52h | UTCScientists rise up against statistical significance – Nature (free)
Editorial: It’s time to talk about ditching statistical significance – Nature (free)
Related: What a nerdy debate about p-values shows about science — and how to fix it – VOX (free) AND Big names in statistics want to shake up much-maligned P value – Nature News (free) AND ‘One-size-fits-all’ threshold for P values under fire – Nature News (free) AND Statisticians issue warning over misuse of P values – Nature News (free) AND Understanding common misconceptions about p-values – The 20% Statistician (free) AND PulmCrit- .050 shades of grey in p-value cutoffs (free) AND Statistical tests, P values, confidence intervals, and power: a guide to misinterpretations – European Journal of Epidemiology(free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
"We are not calling for a ban on P values. . . Rather, and in line with many others over the decades, we are calling for a stop to the use of P values in the conventional, dichotomous way." https://t.co/kDjFRzJR90
— Eric Michael Johnson (@ericmjohnson) March 20, 2019
Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Overuse of Health Care Services: Need for Reform
21 Mar, 2019 | 06:57h | UTCClinical practice guidelines and the overuse of health care services: need for reform – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free for a limited period)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Clinical guidelines from specialty societies often biased, Drs. Ismail Jatoi and Sunita Sah argue in a new CMAJ commentary: https://t.co/0mUirV9VDu@Sunita_Sah #clinicalguidelines #conflictofinterest #patientsafety pic.twitter.com/lUeCOeE60t
— CMAJ (@CMAJ) March 18, 2019
Study: Levels of Evidence Supporting American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association and European Society of Cardiology Guidelines
20 Mar, 2019 | 02:55h | UTCLevels of Evidence Supporting American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association and European Society of Cardiology Guidelines, 2008-2018 – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Many Guidelines For Heart Care Rely On Weak Evidence – NPR (free) AND Few heart care recommendations are based on rigorous study – News Medical (free)
Christopher Martyn’s research reviews – 18 March 2019
19 Mar, 2019 | 03:02h | UTCChristopher Martyn’s research reviews, 18 March 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Perspective: The Case for Being a Medical Conservative
15 Mar, 2019 | 02:46h | UTCThe Case for Being a Medical Conservative – The American Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)
Related Commentary on Twitter (thread, click for more)
Twitter thread coming on what @adamcifu @VPrasadMDMPH @AndrewFoy82 and I think is the BEST approach to pt care. This is …
The Case for Being a Medical Conservative. https://t.co/nZXrnvMQqP
Thanks to the @amjmed for publishing this. pic.twitter.com/PKJNHLVZwU— John Mandrola, MD (@drjohnm) March 14, 2019
Ten Myths Around Open Scholarly Publishing
14 Mar, 2019 | 00:38h | UTCTen myths around open scholarly publishing – PeerJ Preprints (free PDF)
Related: UC Terminates Subscriptions with World’s Largest Scientific Publisher in Push for Open Access (several commentaries on the subject)
Guide to Statistics and Methods: Overview of Cost-effectiveness Analysis
12 Mar, 2019 | 02:45h | UTCOverview of Cost-effectiveness Analysis – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Christopher Martyn’s Research Reviews, 11 March 2019
12 Mar, 2019 | 02:42h | UTCChristopher Martyn’s research reviews, 11 March 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Christopher Martyn reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.
Guidelines and Recommendations for Ensuring Good Epidemiological Practice
6 Mar, 2019 | 20:10h | UTC
Statistics and Methods: Treatment Effects in Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trials
6 Mar, 2019 | 20:08h | UTCGuide to Statistics and Methods: Treatment Effects in Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trials – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Big Pharma is Embracing Open-access Publishing Like Never Before
6 Mar, 2019 | 20:05h | UTCBig pharma is embracing open-access publishing like never before – Nature News (free)
See also: UC Terminates Subscriptions with World’s Largest Scientific Publisher in Push for Open Access (resources and commentaries on the subject)
Ann Robinson’s research reviews – 5 March 2019
6 Mar, 2019 | 01:22h | UTCAnn Robinson’s research reviews, 5 March 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.
UC Terminates Subscriptions with World’s Largest Scientific Publisher in Push for Open Access
4 Mar, 2019 | 00:23h | UTCCommentaries: The costs of academic publishing are absurd. The University of California is fighting back – VOX (free) AND University of California breaks up with major publisher over research access dispute – STAT (free)
Related: Will the world embrace Plan S, the radical proposal to mandate open access to science papers? – Science (free) AND The world debates open-access mandates (free) AND China Backs Bold Plan to Tear Down Journal Paywalls (free) AND Europe’s Bold Open-Access Plan Detailed (free) Groundbreaking deal makes large number of German studies free to public – Science (free) AND Open Access 2018: A Year of Funders and Universities Drawing Lines in the Sand – Absolutely Maybe Blog (free)
Guidance on Conducting Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses of Observational Studies of Etiology
27 Feb, 2019 | 13:01h | UTC