Then the question is how they determine similarity. From what I remember of the IPD protocol they don't talk about determining similarity at all -...
How do they deal with differences in the interventions? Do these get coded in some sense and linked in a model or do they just ignore the differences?
I came across this project recently documenting ways to deal with disinformation. Given the way some researchers are determined to spread...
I don't really get how they can make claims with such a small sample set
I was going to say you are understating it but it all depends on what you mean by can't. I worry that its an easy diagnosis to make and they...
It would be interesting to look at trials for FND and see if they use the same dodgy methods. This could be seen as a group of doctors seeing...
I was wondering how many of the authors had bothered to understand the literature and what the argument really is.
The problem is the methodology on all are weak so if NICE has labeled some low quality then others should be as well.
As a senior decision maker should his name be anonymized from documents? Normally individuals privacy is respected until a certain level where...
On days I am working and go into the office I would generally do somewhere between 2500 and 3500 steps so I think your numbers are over...
If there isn't a consistent and clear description then GET isn't a treatment and cannot be assessed (or results cannot be combined in a meta...
When they say GRADE wasn't properly applied I wonder if they realize that they are basically saying GRADE isn't fit for purpose as it will take...
Andrew resigned as chair of FME and I think there is currently a temporary chair. One of the issues is what FME really is about. Is it a place...
The guardian have a long history of bad ME articles. They published a defence by White of lying about recovery from PACE. Clearly someone on their...
Understanding the future research needs in Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS): Evidence mapping the POTS adult literature H....
That feels a bit simplistic. things like accuracy (F1 would be better) are measures of a classifiers performance and when looking at that they...
I think it is a problem that people are well aware of.
It it the same call that has been open since 2003 but updated with the PSP list ot priorities to help advertise the call. As I understand it the...
In the end Cochrane will only act if they think this will damage their reputation. I suspect they have a belief that ME patients are so looked...
Although alarming this is a representation of the material it has been trained on and is perhaps a way of pointing out the failures of the...
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