BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine

Building capacity in evidence-based healthcare: a mixed-methods evaluation of training activities in South Africa

Objectives Cochrane South Africa (CSA) is a Cochrane geographic group established in 1997, aiming to advance the skills and ...
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Less is more for patients, practitioners, public and planet: a taxonomy for the harms of too much medicine ...
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The complexity underlying treatment rankings: how to use them and what to look at

Correspondence to Virginia Chiocchia, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland; virginia.chiocchia{at}ispm.unibe.ch Treatment hierarchies obtained by ...
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Effectiveness and clinical relevance of kinesio taping in musculoskeletal disorders: an overview of systematic reviews and evidence mapping

Objectives To investigate the effectiveness and clinical relevance of kinesio taping (KT) in musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) at different follow-ups. Design Overview of systematic reviews (SRs) and ...
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Rapid reviews methods series: Guidance on literature search

This paper is part of a series of methodological guidance from the Cochrane Rapid Reviews Methods Group. Rapid reviews (RR) use modified systematic review methods to accelerate the review process ...
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Regression to the mean: a primer for evidence-based medicine practitioners

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Educating health professionals in evidence-based practice in 2026

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Ataluren for Duchenne: how politics and social pressure undermined evidence-based decisions

Last 28 March 2025, the European Commission decided not to renew the conditional marketing authorisation for Translarna (ataluren) in Duchenne’s disease due to lack of efficacy after 11 years in the ...
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Loss of an ideal: how politics and misinformed advocacy killed the Canadian Task Force

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Target trial emulation lacks the Magic of Randomization: HARKing and terminology can mislead

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Hidden risks of predictive models in healthcare

Joseph Alderman et al argue that predictive models in healthcare lack adequate oversight and regulation. They highlight the potential risks to patients and call for improved governance to ensure the ...
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Using and distinguishing evidence from non-randomised studies of interventions

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