In response to limitations in the understanding and use of published evidence, evidence-
based medicine (EBM) began as a movement in the early 1990s. EBM's initial focus was on …

Background There has been an increase in the utilisation of acupuncture in recent years, yet
the evidence base is insufficiently well established to be certain about its clinical …

Systematic reviews and pairwise meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials, at the
intersection of clinical medicine, epidemiology and statistics, are positioned at the top of …

Objectives Identifying all published reports of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) is an
important aim, but it requires extensive manual effort to separate RCTs from non-RCTs, even …

Critical thinking values, skills, and knowledge are integral to evidence-based practice in the
helping professions. Inflated claims of knowledge, both in the media as well as in the peer …

Background There is an increasing research interest in conceptualizations of mental illness,
examined in association with help‐seeking, stigma and treatment preferences. A recent …

The master circadian pacemaker in mammals is located in the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN)
which regulate physiology and behaviour, as well as coordinating peripheral clocks …

Background The aim of this individual participant data meta-analysis (IPDMA) is to evaluate
the effects of dietary and lifestyle interventions among pregnant women who are overweight …

Background Systematic reviews are a key part of healthcare evaluation. They involve
important painstaking but repetitive work. A major producer of systematic reviews, the …

Background Literature searching is acknowledged as a crucial step in a systematic review.
Information professionals, in response to the needs of intervention effectiveness systematic …