Importance Unrealistic patient expectations of the benefits and harms of interventions can
influence decision making and may be contributing to increasing intervention uptake and …

Fewer than half of new drugs have data on their comparative benefits and harms against
existing treatment options at the time of regulatory approval in Europe and the USA. Even …

Abstract The Circular Economy (CE) has been identified as a sustainable alternative to the
current linear economic model. Thus far, research on the circular economy has focused on …

Background The increasing utilization of the internet has provided a better opportunity for
people to search online for health information, which was not easily available to them in the …

What makes an expert? What strategies do they use? If you're an expert in one domain, are
you more likely to become an expert in a second? In examining questions like these …

Many doctors, patients, journalists, and politicians alike do not understand what health
statistics mean or draw wrong conclusions without noticing. Collective statistical illiteracy …

The Research Institute for Diagnosis and Treatment of Early Lung Cancer (RIDTELC) Lung
Study was initiated to determine whether lung cancer screening by automated sputum …

During times of hot crises, traditional news organizations have historically contributed to
public fear and panic by emphasizing risks and uncertainties. The degree to which digital …

This article is part of a series written for people responsible for making decisions about
health policies and programmes and for those who support these decision makers. In this …

Bisphosphonates are effective for the treatment of osteoporosis despite recent reports of
safety concerns such as atypical femur fracture. We conducted an ecological analysis of …