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study
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Assessing the red flags in a study … annotated
I’m frequently asked on social media for my thoughts on a particular study. In this situation, I thought the quick…
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Should we beware the tyranny of the randomized controlled trial?
The intersection of scientific research, evidence and expertise can be a dicey one, particularly in an age in which evidence-based…
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Assessing a journal’s quality can help assess a study’s newsworthiness
Perhaps you stumble onto an intriguing study that you haven’t seen covered and want to report on it. Or you…
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Dentists warn of risk in cleaning pacifiers with saliva
Dental folks collectively caught their breath when they heard about the study, just published in the journal Pediatrics. The findings:…
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Go beyond aging study data to ask ‘why?’
Outside, there is still a chill in the air and I have recent memories of several inches of snow on…
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Lessons from a soda study that lost its fizz
Last October, Brigham and Women’s Hospital took the unusual step of recalling a press release about a research study. Just…
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Health policy news is just 1 percent of all news
A study from the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism found that news…