Last June, BMC Medical Research Methodology has published an article by Robbe Saesen et al analyzing clinical trials labeled as “pragmatic” to check if they actually exhibit pragmatic characteristics. In this blog, three authors of the article discuss the relevance of their work.
We are delighted to announce the winning images of the 2023 BMC Ecology and Evolution image competition. We received a spectacular collection of photographs that capture the wonder of nature, those looking to understand it and glimpses into long-lost worlds.
Do mental health interventions in the workplace have to be targeted to affected people? What do we really know about phytosaurs? How do we tackle medication adherence monitoring? Can we successfully map the genome of wine? How can we improve the diagnosis of respiratory illnesses in resource-limited settings?
A review article recently published in BMC Medical Research Methodology shows that the standard approach for analysing active-control trials can lead to clinically misleading conclusions. The authors argue that the standard approach has been focussing on the wrong thing and that reversing our perspective can lead to different, and better, conclusions.