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This post and subsequent posts have been copied and/or moved from this thread: David Tuller: Trial By Error: The Cochrane Controversy ..... The downside of GET is that there is also abundant evidence of it doing immense measurable harm. That is something we need to focus on more. People with a...

The Cochrane Controversy Cochrane–formerly called the Cochrane Collaboration–is respected worldwide for its systematic reviews of medical treatments. These reviews are often cited as the definitive source of information about treatment efficacy and safety. In taking on the thankless task of...

There are a number of tools available for journals to use to help assess RCTs. I wondered if anyone here had 'tried them out' for PACE and/or any of the other 'RCT's by Crawley or Chalder? I've seen CASP mentioned...

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/04/05/597505825/report-ineffective-treatment-often-prescribed-for-lower-back-pain Wherein The Lancet, Cochrane, O.H.S.U., and University of Washington tout C.B.T. and lament how rarely it’s used. K, Medicaid and Medicare aren’t covering...

In the debate on the PACE trial yesterday, the Cochrane review was again cited as validation of the PACE trial results ".........scientists as part of normal research collaboration, including the internationally respected research organisation Cochrane, which independently validated the...

QMUL and FOI; Nature and Cochrane; the Pineapple Fund

Looks open access: https://academic.oup.com/aje/advance-article/doi/10.1093/aje/kwx344/4604571 Association Between Risk-of-Bias Assessments and Results of Randomized Trials in Cochrane Reviews: the ROBES Meta-Epidemiologic Study. Savovic J, Turner RM, Mawdsley D, Jones HE, Beynon R, Higgins...

I'd hoped that Cochrane's invitation to be a 'citizen scientist' was a bit exciting than this: http://crowd.cochrane.org/index.html But thought I'd mention it. Are there ME/CFS RCTs missing from the database?