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‘Medicine is Awesome’: A critical look at the factors that shape the definition of, and research on, depression and its treatment Dr. Allen Shaughnessy received his Doc
In Therapeutics Letter 136, just published last week, we ask a question some might find provocative: “How do YOU respond to Conflicts of Interest?” In professional edu
Being able to communicate effectively is essential for success in modern science, and the burden is on the individual to present information in a way that is clear, accurate, compe
Dr Rita McCracken is a full-service family doctor and researcher living as an uninvited visitor on the unceded, traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples, including the S
Systematic reviews of interventions usually include evidence about multiple outcomes. Because most reviews are designed to assess potential benefits, they sometimes neglect best pr
Dr. Rupi Brar is an addiction and family medicine physician with the Portland Hotel Community Services Society in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side. She also works clinically at St.
Evidence synthesis is a key method for ensuring clinical practice is up-to-date, efficient, and effective; but conventionally done systematic reviews are laborious, time-consuming,
In this presentation, Tom Stanley shows how excess statistical significance (ESS) can improve the credibility of research synthesis. This generalizes on the notion of an excess of
