Can two chocolate bars a day really keep the doctor away?
Deevia critically appraises the latest evidence!
Deevia critically appraises the latest evidence!
The Cochrane Dementia Group’s Modifiable Risk Factors project has utilized new crowdsourcing techniques to speed up the review process. Sofía Jaramillo takes a look behind the scenes.
Rich Thorley takes a closer look at the reporting of statistics in a recent story about the health benefits of coffee.
Does industry sponsorship of research inevitably lead to bias? And does this bias extend to government advice and policy?
In his new book, Dr. Goldacre continues his crusade of exposing quacks and pseudoscience, with an emphasis on how journalists totally mislead the public about what a scientific paper really says. He also chronicles his AllTrials quest by railing against the lack of transparency in clinical trials and publication bias.
Diagnostic tests can be big business. Angel Wong reports on one case study highlighting how deceptive such tests can be.
Danny takes us on a tour of the Evidence-Based Medicine Pyramid and the wonders within.
Sense about Science have a long-standing campaign encouraging people to #AskForEvidence and in their new Healthy Evidence forum, in partnership with NHS Choices, they ask patients and the general public to get involved!
Another 20 minute tutorial from Tim.
David takes a look at health in the media. This week from America, when he’s meant to be on his holidays.