Randomized controlled trials could be harming nonprofits, experts argue

In the 1940s, medical researchers began using randomized controlled trials to assess the efficacy of health interventions. In ...
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Trial Casts Doubt on Antibiotics for Refractory Low Back Pain

Now it's up to clinicians to sort out conflicting evidence ...
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Study reveals the key ingredients for successful social media mental health interventions

A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials testing the effects of social-media-based mental health interventions found ...
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Types of Medical Studies: Your Guide

Medical research shapes healthcare every day, but not all studies are created equal. Knowing the differences can help you feel more confident reading health information online and understanding what ...
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Keeping pregnant participants out of medical research is more dangerous than including them

“Well, we don’t have as much evidence as we would like on steroid use during pregnancy,” the obstetrician warned my co-author, Natalia Emanuel, as she wrote a prescription for inhaled corticosteroids ...
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The peptide proven to reduce visceral fat (in randomized controlled trials)

Tesamorelin can selectively reduce visceral fat, as demonstrated in RCTs. But the real story is what it reveals about metabolism, peptides, and the future of self-driven health ...
AHA/ASA Journals

Observational Comparative Research in Cardiovascular and Brain Health and Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Resources for observational comparative research have expanded enormously in recent years to include very large sources of ...
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The Data Gap: How Africa Remains Underrepresented in Clinical Trials

According to a report, many treatments used in Africa are based on data drawn from non-African populations, raising concerns about their applicability as growing evidence shows that genetics, ...