Financial ties between researchers and companies that make the drugs they are studying are independently associated with positive trial results, suggesting bias in the evidence base, concludes a study published by The BMJ ...
Jan 18, 2017
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In medical science, as in all walks of life, we are impressed by dramatic effects. If a new treatment seems much better than an old one initially, there is often impatience to get on and use it, and people question why ...
Dec 9, 2016
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The drug baclofen has received high visibility as a possible breakthrough treatment for alcohol dependence. Now a new randomised controlled trial from the University of Amsterdam found no evidence for the usefulness of high-dose ...
Nov 30, 2016
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Results of a five year trial on haemorrhoids (commonly known as piles), jointly sponsored by NHS Highland and the University of Aberdeen, have this week been published in The Lancet, one of the world's oldest and best known ...
Oct 10, 2016
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New research from the University of Otago has found that giving breastfeeding mothers monthly high-dose vitamin D supplements may be a possible way to improve their babies' vitamin D status.
Aug 30, 2016
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A school intervention costing less than 20 cents per child has stopped unhealthy weight gain. The randomised study is presented at ESC Congress 2016 today by Ms Daniela Schneid Schuh, a nutritionist at the Institute of Cardiology ...
Aug 27, 2016
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Combining virtual reality and treadmill training helps prevent falls in older adults better than treadmill training alone, according to a new randomised controlled trial published in The Lancet. The authors say that the intervention, ...
Aug 12, 2016
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Research from the National Institute of Complementary Medicine (NICM) at Western Sydney University shows antenatal education classes focusing on pain relief techniques dramatically reduce the rate of medical interventions ...
Jul 13, 2016
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The safety of a controversial clot-busting drug has been investigated by researchers, who have shown a modified dosage can reduce serious bleeding in the brain and improve survival rates.
May 10, 2016
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Increasing calcium intake through dietary sources or supplements is unlikely to improve bone health or prevent fractures in older people, conclude two studies published in The BMJ this week. Collectively, these results suggest ...
Sep 29, 2015
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