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BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine

BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine (BMJ EBM) publishes original evidence-based research, insights and opinions on what matters for health care. We focus on the tools, methods, and concepts that are basic and ...
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Dietary Recommendations for Familial Hypercholesterolaemia: an Evidence-Free Zone

We have evaluated dietary recommendations for people diagnosed with familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH), a genetic condition in which increased low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is ...
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Advancing the ‘Choosing Wisely’ campaign to reduce low-value care in China

Jay Pan and colleagues stress that reducing low-value medical services and enhancing healthcare quality must be an urgent priority in China; advancing the Choosing Wisely initiative represents a ...
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Cluster-randomised controlled trials

As a public health practitioner, you are considering how public health interventions might encourage individuals and families to reduce their salt intake to improve blood pressure among local ...
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Trump’s statements about acetaminophen and the problem of epistemic corrections

Medical experts, health agencies and journalists reacted swiftly to President Trump’s remarks linking prenatal acetaminophen (commercial name Tylenol) use to autism, almost uniformly condemning his ...
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Online First

Patient-reported outcomes and acupuncture-related adverse events are overlooked in acupuncture randomised controlled trials: a cross-sectional meta-epidemiological study ...
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Rapid reviews methods series: Guidance on assessing the certainty of evidence

This paper is part of a series of methodological guidance from the Cochrane Rapid Reviews Methods Group. Rapid reviews (RRs) use modified systematic review methods to accelerate the review process ...
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Mapping drug-class associations with sudden cardiac arrest in the outpatient setting: an exploratory population-based case-control analysis

Objectives To map the risk profile of drug classes at the population level by identifying associations between newly prescribed reimbursed drugs and sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), thereby providing a ...
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Efficacy of smartphone apps used alone or with traditional interventions for smoking cessation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Objectives To assess the efficacy of smartphone apps for smoking cessation (SC) used alone or combined with traditional interventions, and to determine whether apps based on psychological-behavioural ...
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Using Risk of Bias 2 to assess results from randomised controlled trials: guidance from Cochrane

Correspondence to Dr Kerry Dwan, Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, York, UK; Kerry.dwan{at}york.ac.uk A systematic review identifies, appraises and synthesises all the ...
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70 The environmental impact of health care for musculoskeletal conditions: a scoping review

Objectives To map what is known about the environmental impact of health care for musculoskeletal conditions. Method We searched MEDLINE, Embase, Google and Google Scholar from inception to 2 May 2022 ...