Nearly every modern guideline (from the World Health Organization to the FDA) requires systematic reviews as the foundation ...

A research team at Saarland University has demonstrated in a clinical study that a widely used anti-allergy nasal spray ...

This review article considers the strengths and weaknesses of randomized clinical trials that are conducted through the analysis of data gathered by health insurers.

The design of this multicenter, two-arm randomized trial was derived from the single-center feasibility study 17 and was conducted at three Australian HCT centers. The study was approved by the ethics ...

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the gold standard for comparing treatment efficacy. However, because of the financial burden and time of running randomized trials and the selectivity of ...

In this randomized controlled trial, using personalized risk messages and provider notifications did not significantly increase screening uptake overall. 2. However, one of the two health systems in ...

Closed-loop systems that automate insulin delivery may improve glycemic outcomes in patients with type 1 diabetes. In this 6-month randomized, multicenter trial, patients with type 1 diabetes were ...

The authors studied 408 randomized controlled trials relevant to primary care published from 2002 to 2005. Over 12-17 years of follow up time, the researchers found only 35 occurrences of evidence ...

Home-based hypertension care led to reductions in systolic blood pressure and improvements in hypertension control in South Africa, according to late-breaking research presented in a Hot Line session ...