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Moderator note: Since Cochrane cancelled the update of the Larun 2019 review and republished it unchanged as the 2024 review there has been much discussion over several threads. Now that action is beginning to happen we have decided to bring discussion together on this thread. Posts about...

"Science is a profession where critique is integral to the work itself. So you might think we’d all have both criticizing, and handling being on the receiving end of it, down to a fine art. But you’d be wrong – as a rather spectacular recent blowout of norms by a prominent scientist reminded us...

https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2020/06/30/science-heroes-and-disillusion/

https://blogs.plos.org/absolutely-maybe/2020/02/28/the-high-risk-methods-of-a-new-systematic-review-of-hpv-vaccines/

This post and the following one have been moved or copied from this thread. Oooooo...! https://www.cochrane.org/news/appointment-lead-independent-advisory-group __________________________ Edit: Added for information: Cochrane Community Stakeholder engagement in high-profile reviews pilot...

https://blogs.plos.org/absolutely-maybe/2019/12/31/5-things-we-learned-about-peer-review-in-2019/

https://blogs.plos.org/absolutely-maybe/2019/11/30/the-systematic-review-is-dead-long-live-insert-preferred-sweeping-claim/

Does this sound familiar??? https://blogs.plos.org/absolutely-maybe/2019/09/30/am-i-going-to-need-a-smaller-plate-in-which-i-juggle-a-new-weight-loss-trial-old-systematic-reviews/

https://blogs.plos.org/absolutely-maybe/2019/04/28/should-we-trust-meta-analyses-with-meta-conflicts-of-interest/

https://blogs.plos.org/absolutely-maybe/2017/07/03/5-tips-for-understanding-data-in-meta-analyses/

A familiar issue.. https://blogs.plos.org/absolutely-maybe/2019/03/31/a-classic-case-of-science-he-said-she-said-how-psychologists-trying-to-prevent-ptsd-got-controversial/

Consumer-Contested Evidence: Why the ME/CFS Exercise Dispute Matters So Much A biopsychosocial camp has contended since the 1990s that regardless of how it starts, people with ME/CFS dig themselves into a hole with their attitudes and behaviors, leading to physical deconditioning (sort of the...

Yoga, Depression, & Clinical Trial Critique 101 Posted August 12, 2018 by Hilda Bastian in Evidence, Health http://blogs.plos.org/absolutely-maybe/2018/08/12/yoga-depression-clinical-trial-critique-101/ Not specifically about ME, but I thought it might be of interest to some people who are...