Well designed and properly executed randomised trials are considered the most reliable evidence on the benefits of healthcare interventions.
This update to the CONSORT guidelines includes new changes to the checklist
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
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Director, Cochrane Germany Professor, Institute for Evidence in Medicine, University of Freiburg. Views own.
Well designed and properly executed randomised trials are considered the most reliable evidence on the benefits of healthcare interventions.
This update to the CONSORT guidelines includes new changes to the checklist
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
I had an amazing time talking about #OpenScience at the Cochrane Symposium in Freiburg "Integrität in der Wissenschaft – gemeinsam gegen Betrug". ✨ @zpid.bsky.social
26.03.2025 14:50 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0A guide to what's hit science in Trump's first 30 days in office | @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which universities have the most retracted articles - and the highest retraction rates? For @nature.com, here's a first-of-its-kind analysis of retractions by institutions. Full details in the story. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
19.02.2025 11:31 — 👍 135 🔁 71 💬 4 📌 3To build support for science, it's not enough to just share facts. We need open conversations between scientists and people who are unsure. Social networks, while spreading false information, can also help share the truth.
theconversation.com/address-scie...
#Grippe: Sollte ich mich und mein Kind jetzt noch impfen lassen? Aktuelle Empfehlungen und Hintergründe @riffreporter.bsky.social www.riffreporter.de/de/wissen/gr... #Impfung #Masken #Gesundheit
16.02.2025 06:09 — 👍 8 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0At the rate Trump, Musk and MAGA are destroying science research, we must prepare to lose access to precious resources like PubMed & ClinicalTrials.gov
@hildabast.bsky.social
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Need help on reporting your factorial trial? Then this new paper in the @bmj.com provides lots of great advice and examples.
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
#transparency #RCTs
American chaos: standing up for health and medicine - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
08.02.2025 10:04 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0📚 Statistical errors in meta-analyses can impact the reliability of systematic reviews. This new article from Cochrane highlights the most frequent mistakes and how to avoid them.
📖 Read it here: buff.ly/4jFoThH
#SystematicReviews #MetaAnalysis #ResearchMethods #Statistics
The rise of agentic AI teammates in medicine - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
07.02.2025 00:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
This week's editorial and cover at @thelancet.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
"The past 3 weeks have generated much anger, fear,
and sorrow—but it is no time for panic. The medical and
scientific communities must come together and stand
up for this vision."
#Sprunggelenkbrüche zählen zu den häufigsten Formen von #Knochenbrüchen. Welche Behandlungsansätze Erwachsenen bei der #Genesung nach einem Sprunggelenkbruch (Knöchelbruch) helfen, untersucht ein #CochraneReview: https://buff.ly/3Q45gSL
06.02.2025 05:00 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0WHO EPI-WIN : Launch of the WHO guidance on Ethical considerations for social listening in #infodemic management for #PublicHealth emergencies.https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_V0osr0pERwKpGOLQOVzGEQ#/registration
04.02.2025 08:47 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0(How) can #AI -based automation tools assist with systematic searching? #SystematicReview #EvidenceSynthesis training.cochrane.org/resource/how...
27.01.2025 08:00 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Der 26. EbM-Kongress in Freiburg steht vor der Tür!
Sichert euch noch bis einschließlich 31.01.2025 euren Frühbuchertarif und seid dabei, wenn sich alles um evidenzbasierte Medizin unter dem Motto „Die EbM der Zukunft – packen wir’s an“ dreht.
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Take aways from Cochrane Germany’s Methods Forum on Use of Artificial Intelligence for Evidence Synthesis. ebm.bmj.com/content/earl...
24.01.2025 20:26 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0There has been a lot of discussion around how to assess trustworthiness of research studies (including investigation of fraud). Some thoughts on this below, to appear in @jclinepi.bsky.social - with @davidit.bsky.social : www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
14.01.2025 14:52 — 👍 42 🔁 20 💬 1 📌 1Jetzt verlassen mit der @dfgpublic.bsky.social und der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft auch große deutsche Forschungsorganisationen die Plattform X.
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Yet another problem with systematic reviews: A living review update - @jclinepi.bsky.social
www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...