There are a couple of angles to look at researcher conflict of interest from. One is that a conflict could distort…
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Bias Should We Trust Meta-Analyses with Meta-Conflicts of Interest?
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Bias A Classic Case of Science “He Said”, “She Said”: How Psychologists Trying to Prevent PTSD Got Controversial
Natural disasters have a lot in common with other major traumas, like life-threatening accidents and mass shootings – especially…
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Black History Month Stories of African-American STEM Societies: Part 4 — From Anthropologists to Academic Surgeons
This Black History Month, I’ve dug into the origin stories of African-American STEM societies, and the amazing people who started…
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Black History Month Stories of African-American STEM Societies: Part 3 — From Sociologists to Engineers
This Black History Month, I’ve dug into the founding stories of African-American STEM societies. In previous posts we’ve covered groups from…
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Black History Month Stories of African-American STEM Societies: Part 2 — From Psychologists to Mathematicians
After the slow first wave of African-American STEM societies from 1895 to 1947 (part 1), a new wave swept in…
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Black History Month Stories of African-American STEM Societies: Part 1 — The First Wave (1895 to 1947)
When we celebrate STEM history, we tend to focus on individuals singled out for specific inspiring scientific achievements. And that’s…
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Evidence Consumer-Contested Evidence: Why the ME/CFS Exercise Dispute Matters So Much
Sometimes, a dispute with a consumer movement comes along that has profound implications for far more than the people in it. I…
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Annual open access roundup Open Access 2018: A Year of Funders and Universities Drawing Lines in the Sand
This is the sixth year I’ve rounded up the year in open access – and it was the most remarkable…
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Evidence The Dangerous Allure of Breech Birth at Home – and a Problematic New Paper
At first glance, I thought I’d misunderstood it. I just didn’t expect to see a paper with so much spin about…
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Bias “True Patient Advocates Must Be Students of Evidence-Based Medicine”: An Impatient Rebuttal
Here’s the thing. If you’re a doctor who is a fervent advocate for a professional school of thought, and you feel…
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Evidence Post-Surgery Thoughts on Evidence and Choice
I had been losing sight, slowly at first, but later, scarily quickly. By the time I had my first surgery…
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Evidence “High Value, Low Wastage Research” Is More Than Just a Catchphrase Now
I don’t recall hearing it before. But I’ve heard the slogan “high value, low wastage research” a lot the last…