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  1. Sly Saint
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    The Efficacy of Metacognitive Therapy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis -Normann & Morina (2018) (Jo Daniels likes it)

    yet another psychotherapy: "A large proportion of the identified studies treated patients suffering from anxiety and depression (see Table 1)....
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Nov 23, 2018, 2 replies, in forum: Psychosomatic news - ME/CFS and Long Covid
  2. Luther Blissett
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    How citation distortions create unfounded authority: analysis of a citation network (2009) S A Greenberg

    I think people will be interested in this paper which shows a way of detecting and showing how citation bias can create unfounded authority. The...
    Thread by: Luther Blissett, Oct 21, 2018, 8 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  3. Snowdrop
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    Algorithms and Ethics -- Santa Fe Institute

    I don't have anything to say on the topic but thought it might interest someone here....
    Thread by: Snowdrop, Sep 19, 2018, 0 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  4. Amw66
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    Royal Society statistical bias paper

    Paper on statistical bias - a bit beyond me, but maybe of interest to others http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/5/9/181190
    Thread by: Amw66, Sep 16, 2018, 2 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  5. WillowJ
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    Rethinking bias and truth in evidence‐based health care. Greenhalgh, Weiringa, et al

    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jep.13010 Free full text Sietse Wieringa MSc DPhil Student, Scientia Research Fellow1,2 Eivind...
    Thread by: WillowJ, Sep 16, 2018, 5 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  6. Jonathan Edwards
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    Biomedical articles on MEpedia - purposes and pitfalls

    Moderator note: This thread has been split off from the introductory MEpedia thread here. My hope is that discussions in this forum can be less...
    Thread by: Jonathan Edwards, Aug 10, 2018, 128 replies, in forum: MEpedia
  7. Sly Saint
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    Contrary to common belief, randomised controlled trials inevitably produce biased results

    "Much of the social and medical sciences depend on randomised control trials. But while this may be considered the foundational experimental...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Jul 19, 2018, 4 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  8. Indigophoton
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    Effectiveness of Anonymization in Double-Blind Review

    Peer review is a cornerstone of the academic publication process but can be subject to the flaws of the humans who perform it. Evidence suggests...
    Thread by: Indigophoton, May 28, 2018, 8 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  9. Indigophoton
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    Article: The Corruption of Evidence Based Medicine — Killing for Profit

    The idea of Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) is great. The reality, though, not so much. Human perception is often flawed, so the premise of EBM is...
    Thread by: Indigophoton, Apr 12, 2018, 42 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  10. Indigophoton
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    Misrepresentation and distortion of research in biomedical literature, Boutron and Ravaud, 2018

    Publication in peer-reviewed journals is an essential step in the scientific process. It generates knowledge, influences future experiments, and...
    Thread by: Indigophoton, Mar 26, 2018, 1 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  11. arewenearlythereyet
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    Public The big fat lie: Britons eat 50% more than they say

    "Britons are eating 50 per cent more food than they admit, according to the first official use of a biological test to measure calorie intake....
    Thread by: arewenearlythereyet, Feb 19, 2018, 71 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  12. JemPD
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    More evidence of bias is psych research. Telegraph article on meditation

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/05/meditation-does-not-make-better-person-study-finds/ Yet more evidence of methodological flaws & bias...
    Thread by: JemPD, Feb 6, 2018, 19 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  13. Esther12
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    2008 Knoop "Recovery of CFS was possible, even if the physical activity level of the patient remained low."

    As we've got a new forum, now when I come across an old annoying thing I thought I might post them up for newcomers' pleasure. There's been a lot...
    Thread by: Esther12, Nov 7, 2017, 5 replies, in forum: Psychosomatic research - ME/CFS and Long Covid
  14. Woolie
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    Reasons to be sceptical of that shiny new study: A bibliography

    Articles that highlight the problems/limitations of clinical trials in general (**=key article) Placebo effects are weak: regression to the mean...
    Thread by: Woolie, Oct 23, 2017, 0 replies, in forum: Science library (Read only)
  15. Dolphin
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    Cross-Cultural Study of Information Processing Biases in CFS

    Int J Behav Med. 2017 Aug 23. doi: 10.1007/s12529-017-9682-z. [Epub ahead of print] Cross-Cultural Study of Information Processing Biases in...
    Thread by: Dolphin, Oct 20, 2017, 10 replies, in forum: Psychosomatic research - ME/CFS and Long Covid
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