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The ultimate self-study guide for all levelsImage by authorWhile everyone focuses on AI and predictive inference, standing out…
The ultimate self-study guide for all levelsImage by authorWhile everyone focuses on AI and predictive inference, standing out…
Mark Palko points us to a recent update by Robert Yeh et al. of the famous randomized parachute-jumping trial: Palko writes: I…
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New mask studies relying on a medical paradigm do not erase decades of engineering and occupational science that show they work
By Ryan Menezes Published: January 20th, 2023
If we cannot directly test for causality, what should we do?Image by authorLet me take you with me on a journey in my field of…
Doctors who call for an RCT for everything generally haven't run a single RCT on anything. Why is this? The post Methodolatry…
Sometimes Randomized Controlled Trials are not the golden trophies of science that some say they are. (Like yesterday’s…
Cite this article as: Anke Raaijmakers. Bubble Wrap PLUS, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2021. Available at: https://doi.org/10.31440…
O que é o paradigma do paraquedas?O paradigma do paraquedas é a conclusão aparentemente absurda de que pular de um avião com…
(Steven Hayward) • First of all, happy Groundhog Day: • Second of all, happy Groundhog Day. • Okay, enough with the jokes.
Date: January 4th…
On the third Thursday of every month, we speak to a recent graduate about their thesis and their studies. This month’s guest is…
Today's reader mailbag brings a gem of a study. An actual randomised trial on the effectiveness of parachutes in jumping from…
There is something paradoxical about Michael Gove's recentspeechcalling for government to be "rigorous and fearless in its…
I. Vox asks What Went Wrong With The Media’s Coronavirus Coverage? They conclude that the media needs to be better at “not just…
The coronavirus pandemic has created an urgent need for therapeutics. Early reports of potential efficacy of hydroxycloroquine…
Date: February 11th…
Date: December 17th, 2019 Reference: Reeves and Reynolds. The NNT-WET and NNT-DRI: (Mostly) Satirical New Metrics to…
Sequels generally disappoint. Jason couldn’t match the fear he generated in the original Friday the 13th. The sequel to the “Para…
Researchers from Harvard, the University of Michigan, and UCLA have conducted the first ever randomized controlled trial on the…
Críticas ao fundamento da medicina baseada em evidências (EBM) usando como uma espécie de metáfora ou paradigma os estudos…
By now you’ll all have seen Robert Yeh’spapershowing that there is no evidence that parachutes save the lives of people jumping…
EM (Emergency Medicine) and EMS (Emergency Medical Services) have already started to eliminate/decrease use of a lot of our…
Autori štúdie sa pri výskume „tak nasmiali, až ich rozbolelo brucho“. Najviac ich potešilo, že mohli citovať Newtonovu prácu o gr…
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I sin juleutgave publiserer det medisinske tidsskriftet The BMJ en randomisert studie på bruk av fallskjerm ved hopp fra fly.
In adult subjects who ingest a small toy part, compared to historical controls of children who have ingested coins, is there a…
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A study found parachutes were no more effective than backpacks in preventing harm to people jumping from aircraft. The…
Scientists working at medical schools across the United States discovered that parachutes don't lower the death rate of people…
A new study serves as an example for all journalists who swoop in and out of academic papers without much care.The post…
A randomized controlled trial about parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from aircraft was finally…
A summary of Yeh 2018: Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from aircraft: randomized controlled…
Mówi się, że spadochrony chronią przed śmiercią osoby, które wypadają z samolotu. Jednak chociaż światowe koncerny…
A monthly (ish) summary of the emergency medicine…