Another in our Golden Oldies series: Here is a superstar, well I guess he is sort of a pioneer/superstar, of evidenced based medicine, in an interview with a slightly cheesy fellow, just after Sackett won ...
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David Sackett Talks About Evidence Based Medicine
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Acupuncture and a cracking review paper
Going over the archives, Neil wrote this after finding a review paper written by Professor Donald Marcus “Is Acupuncture for Pain a Placebo Treatment? An examination of the evidence“. First published in The Rheumatologist, it is open ...
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Making sense of research and helping it guide our practice
What sections of a research paper do you routinely read. Honestly. The abstract? The introduction or discussion? On closer scrutiny most will manage the conclusion of the abstract. A whole paper boiled down to one or two sentences. Two new papers in the musculoskeletal field have just been published that speak loudly to this problem. The first is a fantastic cautionary tale...
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Learn something novel every decade
Newly edited we first published this blog post in 2010 just after the new year, now the text is freely available (see reference at the end of the post). This is another in our golden oldies ...
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Foods that sound better taste better
Another oldie but goodie. This one on what influences our enjoyment of Pringles. Sound bites – Foods that sound better taste better The pleasure we derive from eating obviously depends on what food tastes and smells ...