The evidence to support much of children’s healthcare is limited. Ten years ago, randomized controlled trials in adults were increasing ten times faster than pediatric ones. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem
The first time I heard about ‘Evidence-Based Medicine’ was at 8:03 am on a cold November morning in my first year of medical school. The professor who ran our EBM
[This blog post was written by Helen Macdonald and originally published on the BMJ Blog on 21 Jan 2015. It has been reproduced with the permission of the author and the BMJ.] A news story last week
Happy 2015! I hope Christmas 2014 was a good one. It was my daughters 2nd Christmas and I loved watching her running around excitedly with all her new wrapping paper,
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Evidence based medicine (EBM) should form the foundation of effective clinical decision making; however, growing unrest—and an awful lot of criticism—suggests the evidence bit of EBM is increasingly part of
Here are some of our favourite picture embedded tweets from #Evidencelive 2013, which reflect the diversity of the event. Tweets inlcude, Mike Rawlins concluding thoughts, Peter Wilmhurst and the MIST
I have taken this opportuntiy to post the 2013 editorial I co-wrote with Fi Godlee, Editor in chief of the BMJ (see the BMJ 2013; 346 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f766) A BMJ
First of all: thank you to everyone who came to Evidence Live 2013 and made it such a success. A conference like this only happens because people come from around
“But, by the words we speak and the faces we show the world, we force the spring.” The beginning of Bill Clinton’s first inaugural address seems an odd place to
Three decades ago the production, dissemination and implementation of evidence was mainly done by, and targeted at, doctors. Regulation was lax, trials could be done at the flip of a coin
“But, by the words we speak and the faces we show the world, we force the spring.” The beginning of Bill Clinton’s first inaugural address seems an odd place to