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Questions tagged [research]
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How do I determine reputable health information?
Like many people, I use the internet and various online resources to search for questions that I have about my personal diet, fitness and health regimens/questions.
However, often I run across information that seems correct, but I'm not quite sure…
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What are the criteria for assessing the quality of evidence in a medical research article?
The medical research literature contains plenty of contradictory results (and has a strong publication bias). Attempting to make more informed decisions, I would like to educate myself to judge how much importance I should give to the results…
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Why are only six percent of clinical trials are completed on time?
http://www.cio.com/article/2603602/healthcare/mayo-clinic-turns-to-ibms-watson-to-fill-clinical-trials.html says:
According to the Center for Information and Study on Clinical Research Participation, $95 billion is spent on medical research in the…
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Reference(s) describing various challenges of introducing artificial intelligence into medicine
I'm looking for reference(s) describing various challenges of introducing artificial intelligence algorithms into medical practice. Preferably, references should be scholarly and comprehensive.
I have crossposted the question…
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How much time does it take for medical advances to be used in practice?
Is there any research/study/survey/... that tried to assess the time elapsed between the publication of medical advances and when they start to be used in practice?
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How impartial is medical research?
This question comes off the back of an answer to this question where there was reference to a retraction of an article in The Lancet based on inaccuracies and fraudulent data.
As a lot of research (if not all) are funded by interested parties such…
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Assessing bias for in vitro cell culture studies?
I'm writing a systematic review on endothelial cell cultures undergoing a certain treatment. In all studies included, the cultures come from an immortalized cell line. I'm assessing bias in the studies, following the Cochrane tool for critical…
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How would a medical scientist go about researching a cure for hiccups?
This is inspired by this old question of mine on Skeptics.
Can scaring a person cure hiccups?
Someone posted in comments:
The point is, this doesn't appear to be amenable to research, because it's not possible to induce hiccups. A scientist…
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Performance decrease due to shift work
I was wondering if there are any studies that show that inconsistent shift work has a negative impact on worker performance.
In addition, I was wondering if there is any evidence on how performance develops then? Does it decrease linearly,…
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How many paper abstracts are typically read when preparing a clinical systematic review?
Is there any research/study/survey/... that tried to estimate how many paper abstracts medical researchers read when preparing a clinical systematic review?
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Why don't physicians systematically publish in open access venues?
Is there any research/study/survey/... that looked at how the reasons why physicians and other clinical researchers do not systematically publish in open access venues?
Swan, Alma. Policy guidelines for the development and promotion of open access.…
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List of Authors confirmed as ones with a conflict of interest
I remember that I have seen a list of Authors of Health and/ or Trails papers with a conflict of interst. This means their doutful objectivity is confirmed since they are sponsored by the pharmaceutical industry or whatever.
Anyone who can help me…
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Do physicians who also have an MBA or PhD provide better care?
I see an increasing amount of physicians that have some MBA or PhD in addition to their medical diploma. Is there any study/survey that looked at whether physicians with MBA or PhD provide more accurate diagnosis, more successful treatment, or other…
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What would be an adequate patient involvement in cancer clinical trials?
(1) complains about the low patient and physician involvement in cancer clinical trials:
Of the 1.4 million patients with a new diagnosis of cancer in 2008
(ACS, 2008), it is estimated that no more than 5 percent of patients enrolled
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How to bring a possible topic for research to people's attention
I've noticed that a subgroup of patients with a particular disorder have an interesting diurnal pattern to their symptoms. As far as I can tell, this has not been covered in the literature (although there are studies that touch on the topic).
Sadly…
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