In a statement issued last week, the World Health Organization has added its voice to the growing demands for clinical trial transparency. But what will change, and what really needs to be done to ensure we see the end of publication bias?
Is evidence-based medicine (EBM) actually working? Trisha Greenhalgh asked this in an editorial in the BMJ last year and this was the focus of the lively Evidence Live conference in Oxford earlier this week. From what I heard at the conference, I can confidently state the answer to this question is: “Sort of”.
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Systematic reviews are often seen as the pinnacle of evidence in healthcare. But with the ever-increasing body of literature, how should we organize updating them? Dr Sally Hopewell, Editorial Board Member of Systematic Reviews, discusses why updating systematic reviews is essential to the field and highlights the importance of the journal’s Update article type.
A research article published in BMC Medicine indicates that whole grain and cereal fiber intake is associated with reduced risk of total and cause-specific mortality.Those with the highest cereal fiber intake have lower mortality risk providing evidence for the benefits of whole grain in the diet.
In this guest blog, Dagfinn Aune from Norwegian University of Science and Technology discusses the findings in light of the literature and the public health implications.
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Allergies aren’t just unpleasant for the sufferer; they can also have serious economic implications. To mark World Allergy Week we take a look at hay fever, and some of the research underway to combat it.
Interventions for improving maternal and child health have resulted in significant national health gains in Zambia since 1990. However, these national gains mask substantial variations across districts and interventions. Emmanuela Gakidou discusses the findings of her study on this area published today in BMC Medicine.
Research recently published in BMC Medicine shows that low levels of hemoglobin at birth are associated with greater risk of mortality in preterm infants. In this guest blog, authors Jayanta Banerjee and Narendra Aladangady discuss the findings.