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Latest Blog Entries

How Well Do Meta-Analyses Disclose Conflicts of Interests in Underlying Research Studies
A recent study published in JAMA reviewed 29 meta-analyses from high impact journals and found that conflicts of interests in the studies underlying the meta-analyses were rarely disclosed. The 29 meta-analyses included 11 from general medicine journals; 15 from specialty medicine journals,...
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Article about Cochrane contributors published in the Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine
Claire Allen and Kiley Richmond recently (March 2011) published an article in the Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine about contributors to Cochrane Review Groups. The abstract is as follows:
All terms: Centres, Cochrane Reviews
Topic list for Cochrane Complementary Medicine Field related reviews on Cochrane.org
The Cochrane Complementary Medicine (CAM) Field published a paper in the Mar/Apr 2011 issue of Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, describing the development and classification of an operational definition of CAM for The Cochrane Collaboration (i.e. a CAM Field “topics list”).
All terms: Cochrane Reviews, Fields
What about the outcomes? A consumer point of view.
I have to admit that I have always had problems with outcomes. Death is sometimes listed as a primary outcome, sometimes a secondary outcome; quality of life wanders likewise between the two, as does pain and days in hospital.  
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How Well Do Meta-Analyses Disclose Conflicts of Interests in Underlying Research Studies
A recent study published in JAMA reviewed 29 meta-analyses from high impact journals and found that conflicts of interests in the studies underlying the meta-analyses were rarely disclosed. The 29 meta-analyses included 11 from general medicine journals; 15 from specialty medicine journals,...
All terms: Consumer Network

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