What is the most effective intervention for ensuring weight recording in pregnancy?
Following weight gain guidelines has been shown to improve pregnancy and birth outcomes for women and their babies, but adherence is low. A new paper… Read more »
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Insight into blood cancer using genetic correlation
New research published in Blood Cancer Journal, provides evidence of a genetic correlation between multiple myeloma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia,… Read more »
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Dynamic prediction models: Learning to forget
Data on healthcare outcomes, patient populations, and new treatment options are constantly changing over time. Shouldn’t the… Read more »
Global Patient and Public Involvement Network: The vision and mission
Patient and public involvement in health research is now happening across the world1,2,3. Not only do patients and the public have… Read more »
Know your status: World AIDS Day 2018
The theme of World AIDS Day 2018 is “know your status.” To mark the occasion, we at ISRCTN have compiled some of the most… Read more »
Breech birth at home: a new study of safety outcomes
Research on outcomes of out-of-hospital breech birth is scarce. A new study in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth evaluates the outcomes… Read more »
Improving sample size calculation and reporting for randomized trials with DELTA² guidance
A key step in designing a randomized trial is choosing the sample size. Too small and the study is underpowered, too large and you… Read more »
How can we improve young people’s mental health in a changing world?
Today is World Mental Health Day, which this year focuses on the theme of "young people and mental health in a changing world". In… Read more »
Patient peer review in academic journals: Next steps in the journey
For science to be truly open, research must go beyond simply being available to all, and actively engage the patients and the… Read more »
Prospective registration among trials published in specialty society journals: We can do more to promote transparency and research integrity
Prospective trial registration aims to detect and prevent selective reporting and publication bias. A study published today in… Read more »