How a bedbound patient and a 73-page study changed the way doctors make decisions.
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A new review recommends lifting the ban on seven complementary therapies. Nine others remain prohibited.
Pharmacies in the UK face significant cuts, so it’s perhaps not surprising that they sell many unevidenced lifestyle products.
Doctors have an overwhelming amount of individual patient data and medical research at their disposal to make diagnoses and treatment plans.
To minimize the effects of future pandemics, it is not enough that we recognize deficiencies in our responses to COVID-19; we must start to build policies for the next pandemic as soon as possible.
Harm reduction is grounded in evidence. But policies, stigma and ignorance about substance use still create barriers in battling Canada’s drug poisoning crisis.
Major reviews of medical evidence, known as Cochrane reviews, have come under fire. But is that fair?
People can be reluctant to discuss symptoms with their doctor. When they do, their symptoms can be mistaken for other illnesses. Even when people are diagnosed, they don’t always get the right treatment.
Around 95% of treatments do not have high-quality evidence to support their benefits
A national coalition of scientists, communicators and health experts is empowering Canadians to work together against online misinformation about COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccines with #ScienceUpFirst.
A survey of over a thousand scientists reveals that their goal when communicating about their work is to help the rest of us make evidence-based decisions that draw on scientific findings.
Drugs and vaccines to fight the coronavirus are already in clinical trials. It is important to understand the difference between each step in this process as efforts to fight COVID-19 continue.
Wondering if that latest study finding is too good to be true, or whether it’s as bad as we’re told? Here are five questions to ask to help you assess the evidence.
National drug regulators use evidence from clinical trials to decide whether new cancer drugs will be approved for use. But these studies are often flawed.
Ageing populations and efforts to medicate to prevent disease are both factors that have driven up the use of pharmaceuticals, but we have inadequate means of reporting side effects.
Evidence-based medicine is in turmoil after the much respected Cochrane Collaboration booted out one of its co-founders.
A review into pharmacy practices last year recommended pharmacies stop selling ineffective remedies such as homeopathy. The government didn’t support the recommendation.
Prescribing a drug for a condition it hasn’t been tested for may sound reckless, but off-label prescribing has a useful function in medicine.
Here’s how it could find it again.
Breathing in through your nose has many medical benefits over mouth breathing. As usual, be wary of misinformation and bias when looking up health on the internet.
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Senior Researcher in Global Health, Stellenbosch University
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Associate Professor, Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation Science, University of Nottingham
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Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, University of Portsmouth
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Professor in the Institute for Life Course Health Research, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University
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Professor (Nursing & Medicine) & ACHF Chair in Parent-Infant Mental Health, University of Calgary
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David King is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Lecturer in General Practice, The University of Queensland
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Chief Specialist Scientist in Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council
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Clinical Professor of Neurology, University of Southern California
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Senior Lecturer, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UNSW
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Professor in Pharmaceutical Policy, School of Pharmacy and Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney
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Senior lecturer, Adelaide University
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Clinical Psychologist and Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Calgary
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Project manager and psychologist, School of Psychiatry, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer in Mental Health, King's College London