A landmark paper published in Lancet Psychiatry—the largest-ever review of the safety and efficacy of cannabinoids across a ...

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. Systematic reviews, which involve pooling data from multiple studies ...

Introduction With the rapid ageing of the global population, the number of persons with dementia (PwDs) is increasing, placing substantial psychological and physical burdens on family caregivers.

Introduction A disproportionate share of global neonatal deaths occurs in armed-conflict settings, where progress in reducing neonatal mortality remains slow. This systematic review aims to synthesise ...

Researchers at University of Tsukuba conducted a systematic review of published case reports and case series examining carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning associated with waterpipe tobacco use. The ...

These findings, alongside the linked systematic review and meta-analysis of antiviral treatment efficacy, supported the 2024 WHO guidelines expansion of treatment criteria to include individuals with ...

Systematic reviews are fundamental to the appraisal and synthesis of evidence in health and social care. They utilise pre‐defined protocols to gather, evaluate and integrate findings from diverse ...

Despite rapid advances in large language models, this study shows that human expertise remains critical for producing rigorous systematic reviews, with AI best suited as a supervised support tool ...

Objective To synthesise data on the associations between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and health in children and adolescents, evaluate the certainty of evidence and identify knowledge gaps. Design ...

An ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will produce a report to update the standards for systematic reviews as defined in the 2011 report Finding What ...

IN APRIL HILARY CASS, a British paediatrician, published her review of gender-identity services for children and young people, commissioned by NHS England. It cast doubt on the evidence base for youth ...