The problem is the quantity of replies seems to prove the point to those people who are unable or unwilling to look at the details.
I agree. If there is a plan, I think the goal is to influence Cochrane's editors. Basically they're trying to suggest that it is not in Cochrane's...
Which illness is likely to have the most grant applications? Illness A: $100 million of funding with an above average success rate. Illness B: $5...
What is "clinically important" is qualitative, it cannot be defined by some arbitrary statistical procedure and most importantly, it needs to be...
Yes, Sharpe has committed two fallacies - first, the red herring approach, instead of countering the claims about how the data and methodology...
The problem for them is that we have seen the emails of the former editor - we can use that to show that complaints about methodology are quite...
I've heard of similar cases in Australia. 1/1000 chance of cerebral palsy due to injuries during birth is far too high to be acceptable in my opinion.
You mean why do they publish articles by the likes of Peter White. I think it's because they think they're giving a 'balanced' view (publishing...
I'm not terribly convinced about the IDO Metabolic Trap Hypothesis explaining either the epidemiology, nor the specific pattern of symptoms. I...
It is certainly curious, the next step is to see if the results are maintained in a prospective study over time.
Beware of the sharks...
The main problem with pharmacological treatments is their efficacy was overstated. Obviously the solution is to more realistically appraise the...
They are basing this on the Cochrane review - so if the review changes, then so must this commentary...
Well it has been over one month with no change...
This would be pretty obvious to users - dropouts when they check their data. I don't think these users are being misled about their heartrates, I...
Notable for the fact that none of them are exercise physiologists. Their article makes a number of non-evidence based claims. Compliance in...
Wow, very interesting!
They don't. https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-014-0167-5
That is not mild in any stretch of the imagination...
One problem with reducing "quality of life" or "ability to carry out day to day activities" is it doesn't take into account within-disease...
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