Journal clubs, typically involving a group of health professionals or trainees who discuss recent study findings, have long ...

MetaImpact. To design a new trial based on the prospective updated meta-analysis, Sutton et al5 propose a hybrid frequentist–Bayesian approach using simulations. New studies of a user-defined size are ...

Choosing Wisely campaigns are clinician-led efforts to raise awareness and develop interventions to reduce low-value health care. At the core of Choosing Wisely campaigns are lists of recommendations, ...

This May, the World Health Assembly (WHA) will vote on re-establishing a mandate for the WHO to address the health consequences of nuclear weapons and war.1 Health professionals and their associations ...

The phenomenon of cancer overdiagnosis, the diagnosis of a malignant tumour that, without detection, would never lead to adverse health effects, has been reported for several cancer types in different ...

Acupuncture is a widely used complementary and alternative therapy around the world.1 The number of acupuncture research studies has grown markedly over the past two decades, with >10 000 publications ...

New government legislation is necessary to ensure full transparency of industry payments in the UK’s healthcare. A first step should involve challenging the industry-driven discourse that allows ...

India’s pluralistic health system comprises multiple public and private sector budget holders operating at both national and state levels. Within this framework, only publicly funded bodies at the ...

Høeg et al have written an opinion piece about what they consider to be the methodological limitations of some epidemiological studies into long COVID.1 Some of these points, such as the need for a ...

A fundamental tenet of economics is that while demand for goods and services is virtually infinite, their supply is limited. Worldwide, healthcare systems face shortages in clinicians, with an ...

Background Evaluation of the quality of evidence in systematic reviews (SRs) is essential for assertive decision-making. Although Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation ...

Shared decision-making (SDM) is the process by which patients and clinicians work together to cocreate care plans that respond to the patient’s problematic situation.1 2 In daily life, a familiar ...