Correspondence to Sir Iain Chalmers, James Lind Initiative, Summertown Pavilion, Middle Way, Oxford OX2 7LG, UK; ichalmers{at}jameslind.net We are surrounded by maelstroms of claims about the effects ...

The use of the best available evidence to inform patient care in evidence-based medicine is reliant on the accurate, complete and transparent reporting of health and medical research. Without a ...

This electronic resource aims to provide physicians with fast and easy access to practical guidelines linked to the best available research evidence. It covers a wide range of medical conditions and ...

Objectives In General Practice consultations the patient’s agenda frequently remains hidden. ICE (Ideas, Concerns and Expectations) is a concept in consultation skills training to elicit the patient’s ...

Drug treatment to reduce cholesterol to new target levels is now recommended in four moderate- to high-risk patient populations: patients who have already sustained a cardiovascular event, adult ...

Correspondence to Dr Feng Xie, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada; fengxie{at}mcmaster.ca; Dr Pablo Alonso-Coello, Iberoamerican Cochran ...

Correspondence to Karsten Juhl Jørgensen The Nordic Cochrane Centre, Rigshospitalet, Department 3343, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark; kj{at}cochrane.dk If ...

1 Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium 2 Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Correspondence to: Marie-Christine ...

Patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) may have coronary artery disease requiring revascularisation. However, many patients with NSTEMI do not. CT angiogram appears to be an ...

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Correspondence to Dr Anne Eskild, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Univeristy of 0316 Oslo, Norway; anne.eskild{at}medisin.uio.no The authors used the Medical Birth Registry of Norway for their study.

2 Kern Center for the Science of Healthcare Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota, USA 3 Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota, USA Objective To identify, ...