While Africa accounts for roughly 25% of the global disease burden, its people are largely invisible in randomised controlled trials.
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It’s a fallacy that the medical atrocities carried out by the Nazis involved just a handful of radicalised doctors.
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We found most governments were ill-prepared, too slow to act, paid too little attention to the most vulnerable, and were hampered by low public trust and an epidemic of misinformation.
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The reason the vaccine appears to have worked better in participants who initially received only half a dose is still somewhat of a mystery.
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Severe scrutiny of two major papers, including one about the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine, is part of science’s normal process of self-correction.
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A study published recently in The Lancet indicated menopausal hormone therapy is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. How can we interpret the results?
After 9/11, academic investigation seemed to seek out trauma rather than signs of resilience.
Poor childhood conditions, such as exposure to poverty and stunting, are associated with long-term disadvantages to health, education, social adjustment and earnings.
Misreporting on the ongoing debate is likely to lead to more deaths from cardiovascular disease.
While politicians and doctors argue over the data on the weekend effect, it’s important to remember that there are other ways to reduce hospital deaths.
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