Healthcare delivery is being transformed by the rapid growth of data, advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and other ...

Journal clubs, typically involving a group of health professionals or trainees who discuss recent study findings, have long ...

Objective This study evaluates whether Taiwan’s national oral cancer screening programme, implemented in 1999, has led to a reduction in late-stage oral cancer and mortality. Design An observational ...

What it is Overdetection refers to the identification of abnormalities that were never going to cause harm, abnormalities that do not progress, that progress too slowly to cause symptoms or harm ...

A systematic review identifies, appraises and synthesises all the empirical evidence from studies that meet prespecified eligibility criteria to answer a specific research question. As part of the ...

Evidence-based clinical practice in evolution Traditionally, clinicians have been credited with clinical acumen according to their skills in making a diagnosis and prescribing or administering a ...

Understanding the causes of deaths and how they can be prevented is critical for improving healthcare outcomes. At a population level, over-reporting or under-reporting of deaths can have a profound ...

Registration of health and medical research is an effective way of improving the transparency and credibility of evidence. Registration involves pre-specifying the research objectives, design, methods ...

Objective The objectives of this scoping review were to provide an overview of existing guidelines for the development and validation of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), review them for ...

The effects of statins in the elderly are better informed by absolute effects and the number needed to evaluate the benefit to harm balance. Such an approach enables patients to make more informative ...

Objectives Over the last two decades, the incidence of endometrial cancer has risen by 55% whilst its mortality has been stable.1 These trends have raised concerns that the increase in the incidence ...