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The conception of the PRISMA-DTA explanation, elaboration, and checklist document

August 13, 2020

During the first months of my master’s [epidemiology and public health] programme, I joined the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Diagnostic Test Accuracy studies (PRISMA-DTA) group […]

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When does unexpected weight loss warrant cancer investigation?

August 13, 2020

Researching whether there is an association between weight loss and cancer may seem like investigating the obvious. But with so many possible causes, which patient with weight loss warrants invasive cancer […]

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Healthier nutrition supplements may improve brain health among young children

July 23, 2020

The inspiration for our recent research was a simple thought: “I wouldn’t feed that to my own kid.” One of us (SBR) does research primarily on obesity, but had been […]

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Why food based dietary guidelines need to be more sustainable 

July 15, 2020

When was the last time you checked your country’s dietary guidelines? If the answer is never, then you are probably in the company of many. Despite that, dietary guidelines often […]

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Are robotics the future of surgery?

July 15, 2020

New research found no evidence of a difference in 90 day postoperative hospital days between robotic and laparoscopic ventral hernia repair. Here the authors of the paper discuss their findings […]

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Lessons from a network meta-analysis of biologics in rheumatoid arthritis 

July 7, 2020

The aim of our recent research project was to compare the benefits and harms of biologics for the treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Given the large number of available […]

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Kieran Quinn: We need to raise awareness of the benefits of palliative care services for patients with terminal non cancer illness

July 6, 2020

The road to death for patients with serious illness is often a rocky one, marked by dramatic and unpredictable exacerbations and can result in potentially avoidable emergency department visits and […]

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Reduction of polypharmacy by electronic decision support—less is more

June 18, 2020

Older patients with polypharmacy have become the norm rather than the exception in general practice. Treating these patients is very complex and often many specialties are involved. Keeping an overview […]

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Programme design matters—lessons from bundled payments in the US

June 17, 2020

Joshua A. Rolnick, Joshua M. Liao, and Amol S. Navathe Bundled payments have become a prominent value-based payment arrangement. The US recently concluded a five-year national programme, the Bundled Payments […]

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Lessons learned from 10 years working on (an) ISLAND

June 12, 2020

The Interventions Supporting Long-term Adherence aNd Decreasing cardiovascular events (ISLAND) trial was a three-arm, single-blinded pragmatic randomized trial of theory-informed interventions that sought to improve adherence to evidence-based medications and […]

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