Evidence-based Medicine
Principles, Open Access, & Everyday Choices
15 Feb, 2018 | 10:51h | UTCPrinciples, Open Access, & Everyday Choices – Absolutely Maybe, in PLOS Blogs (free)
Guidelines for Inclusion of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Clinical Trial Protocols
15 Feb, 2018 | 10:49h | UTCGuidelines for Inclusion of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Clinical Trial Protocols: The SPIRIT-PRO Extension – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Guidelines extended to improve the use of feedback from patients in clinical trials – University of Birmingham (free) AND Updated Guidelines for Patient-reported Outcomes in Clinical Trials – Medscape (free registration required)
Preferred Reporting Items for a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies
15 Feb, 2018 | 10:36h | UTCPreferred Reporting Items for a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies: The PRISMA-DTA Statement – JAMA (free for a limited period)
How Fake Surgery Exposes Useless Treatments
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:45h | UTCHow Fake Surgery Exposes Useless Treatments – Scientific American (free)
Related: Sham surgeries: A tale of medical reversals & the role of the media – HealthNewsReview (free)
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 5 February 2018
9 Feb, 2018 | 12:14h | UTCRichard Lehman’s journal review, 5 February 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.
Opinion: Drug treatment of ADHD – tenuous scientific basis
4 Feb, 2018 | 18:00h | UTCDrug treatment of ADHD – tenuous scientific basis – Tidsskrift (free)
ISPOR Code of Ethics 2017
4 Feb, 2018 | 17:41h | UTCISPOR Code of Ethics 2017 (4th Edition) – Value in Health (free PDF)
Summary Points: ISPOR Code of Ethics 2017 (4th Edition) (free PDF)
Commentary: ISPOR Updates Its Code of Ethics – ISPOR—The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research, via NewsWise (free)
“New Edition Addresses Research Issues in Today’s Digital Health Era”
Peer-Review and Publication does not Guarantee Reliable Information
4 Feb, 2018 | 17:40h | UTCPeer-review and publication does not guarantee reliable information – Students 4 Best Evidence (free)
Make replication studies ‘a normal and essential part of science,’ Dutch science academy says
4 Feb, 2018 | 17:38h | UTCNews release: Make Replication Studies a Normal Part of Science – Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (free)
Summary of recommendations: Improving Reproducibility in the Empirical Sciences (free PDF)
Most medical practices are not parachutes: a citation analysis of practices felt by biomedical authors to be analogous to parachutes
4 Feb, 2018 | 17:37h | UTC
Opinion: It’s Time to Levy Penalties for Failing to Report Clinical Trial Results
4 Feb, 2018 | 17:14h | UTCIt’s time to levy penalties for failing to report clinical trial results – STAT (free)
Concerns About Composite Reference Standards in Diagnostic Research
4 Feb, 2018 | 17:00h | UTCResearch Methods & Reporting: Concerns about composite reference standards in diagnostic research – The BMJ (free)
New Series Published to Support the use of Qualitative Research in Decision-Making
30 Jan, 2018 | 19:58h | UTCNew series published to support the use of qualitative research in decision-making – World Health Organization (free) (via @olibiermann and @trishgreenhalgh)
The Series: Applying GRADE-CERQual to Qualitative Evidence Synthesis Findings – Implementation Science (free)
WHO Media Centre: Why is this new qualitative research tool (GRADE-CERQual) important? (free)
Key Concepts for Informed Health Choices
30 Jan, 2018 | 19:58h | UTCKey Concepts for Informed Health Choices: a framework for helping people learn how to assess treatment claims and make informed choices – BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine (free) (via @Students4BE)
Related free resources: Testing Treatments Interactive AND Students 4 Best Evidence – Key Concepts
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 29 January 2018
30 Jan, 2018 | 19:45h | UTCRichard Lehman’s journal review, 29 January 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Editorial: Overdiagnosis: what it is and what it isn’t
30 Jan, 2018 | 19:39h | UTCOverdiagnosis: what it is and what it isn’t – BMJ Evidence Based Medicine (free) (via @MaryDixonWoods)
Three Decades of Peer Review Congresses
30 Jan, 2018 | 19:05h | UTCEditorial: Three Decades of Peer Review Congresses – JAMA (free for a period)
Related research letters (all free for a period) Trialists’ Intent to Share Individual Participant Data as Disclosed at ClinicalTrials.gov AND Altmetric Scores, Citations, and Publication of Studies Posted as Preprints – JAMA AND Editorial Evaluation, Peer Review, and Publication of Research Reports With and Without Supplementary Online Content AND Characteristics of Interim Publications of Randomized Clinical Trials and Comparison With Final Publications AND Prevalence of Disclosed Conflicts of Interest in Biomedical Research and Associations With Journal Impact Factors and Altmetric Scores
Opinion: Robust Research Needs Many Lines of Evidence
26 Jan, 2018 | 01:18h | UTCRobust research needs many lines of evidence – Nature (free)
Editorial: BMJ Declares its Revenues from Industry
26 Jan, 2018 | 00:13h | UTCBMJ declares its revenues from industry – The BMJ (free)
Opinion: The Hypocrisy of Medical Journals over Transparency
26 Jan, 2018 | 00:04h | UTCRichard Smith: The hypocrisy of medical journals over transparency – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Concerns About Composite Reference Standards in Diagnostic Research
25 Jan, 2018 | 23:43h | UTCResearch Methods & Reporting: Concerns about composite reference standards in diagnostic research – The BMJ (free)
Non-Inferiority Trials in Medicine
23 Jan, 2018 | 16:51h | UTCNon-Inferiority Trials in Medicine: Practice Changing or a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy? – Journal of General Internal Medicine (free for a period)
Related: Challenges in the Design and Interpretation of Noninferiority Trials – New England Journal of Medicine (free) AND Users’ guide to the surgical literature: how to assess a noninferiority trial – Canadian Journal of Surgery (free)
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 22 January 2018
23 Jan, 2018 | 16:51h | UTCRichard Lehman’s journal review, 22 January 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.
New Science Search Engine Links Papers to Grants and Patents
23 Jan, 2018 | 13:38h | UTCScience search engine links papers to grants and patents – Nature News (free)
Perspective: Assessing the New Blood-Pressure Guidelines
21 Jan, 2018 | 17:01h | UTCPerspective: Redefining Hypertension: Assessing the New Blood-Pressure Guidelines – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Related: AAFP Decides to Not Endorse AHA/ACC Hypertension Guideline – American Academy of Family Physicians (free)