Sure enough - it's not been posted. So much for free speech eh?!
OK. Well I posted a comment in agreement the one that questioned whether lack of equipoise was only a problem with patients, and it didn't get...
A couple of comments have now appeared....maybe try again??
I had to take out all mention of PACE and the Cochrane Exercise review to get my rapid response to the Risk of Bias tool paper published. 32,...
I will try and remember to do this, but am on leave today. Please someone else go ahead and break the news!
She's mates with Wessley. Worked together at Queen Mary?? Check this awful article out https://academic.oup.com/bmb/article/69/1/197/523356
Errr. Probably not. I think they get sent to at least the first author....
This is why we need The Research Police!
Do this panel of intelligent people not think that using school records to identify kids who miss a lot of school and then writing to their...
Yes. Good double blind trials of homeopathy as described above would be easy and cheap. The homeopathic medicine makers are rich and could fund...
Finally finally after my having to remove any reference to the "P" word or the problems with the Exercise Review, and chase a couple of times, my...
I have now...but only just. I have quickly read the comments but not the report. Can't wait.... :-/
I have deleted these posts as they are speculative (in part) and not constructive
The BMJ didn't publish my response even after I shortened it, so I posted it on my blog...
Finally I submitted the rapid response to the BMJ and they didn't publish it!! I spent hours and hours honing it, and got some excellent feedback...
Thank you so much for this fantastic and clear explanation The trouble with the risk of bias tool is that the judgements are, at the end of the...
I am @Healthy_Control and found this excellent new thread just now without even being tagged! I have just submitted the following as a rapid...
Exactly right. But their reputation is as an incorruptible infallible group of independent scientists. The people with real power in the...
Yes! I used to work for Cochrane and realised after a few months that they are ideally placed to do the job. They have thousands of willing...
I agree totally. They always say "hope to reduce potential for bias" so they cannot be held responsible or actually police what people do. It's...
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