"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...
“Never have heroes” – I’ve heard some version of that a lot in the last couple of months, from people disillusioned by John Ioannidis’...
Back in 2018, the authors of a then-unpublished systematic review fired a spin- and error-laced salvo at the Cochrane review of the HPV vaccines....
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For something so fundamental to the practice of science, it’s perplexing that it took so long for serious research into editorial peer review to...
No, of course, the systematic review/meta-analysis hasn’t died. But I kind of wish the flag-waving for the claim that its current form should die,...
It just seems logical, doesn’t it? Super-sizing your food can super-size you. So when I used to see claims that a bigger plate = a bigger you, it...
There are a couple of angles to look at researcher conflict of interest from. One is that a conflict could distort their work, tilting findings...
There’s a deluge of scientific studies of all sorts – thousands every day. There’s often a few studies looking for answers on the same topic, but...
A familiar issue.. While several factors play a role in different review conclusions, the conclusion about harm in the first Cochrane review...
Consumer-Contested Evidence: Why the ME/CFS Exercise Dispute Matters So Much A biopsychosocial camp has contended since the 1990s that regardless...
Yoga, Depression, & Clinical Trial Critique 101 Posted August 12, 2018 by Hilda Bastian in Evidence, Health...
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