Objective This study evaluates whether Taiwan’s national oral cancer screening programme, implemented in 1999, has led to a ...

In 20 years of researching and teaching health risk communication methods, the most common question we get is: how should I communicate this [adverse event risk, survival probability, etc.] so that ...

Healthcare delivery is being transformed by the rapid growth of data, advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies. In healthcare, obtaining real-world data can be ...

Tricyclic antidepressants reduce frequency of tension-type and migraine headaches compared with placebo, and intensity of headaches compared with SSRIs, but cause greater adverse effects ...

A systematic review identifies, appraises and synthesises all the empirical evidence from studies that meet prespecified eligibility criteria to answer a specific research question. As part of the ...

Introduction: High-quality randomised controlled trials (RCTs) provide the most reliable evidence on the comparative efficacy of new medicines. However, non-randomised studies (NRS) are increasingly ...

Objectives To investigate which imaging procedures that are identified as low-value imaging and to provide an overview of how large proportion of these procedures that are considered to be of low ...

Changing disease or health risk definitions and labels where there is a case for no or little net benefit and significant harm, has the potential to affect millions of people worldwide. It appears, on ...

Understanding the causes of deaths and how they can be prevented is critical for improving healthcare outcomes. At a population level, over-reporting or under-reporting of deaths can have a profound ...

Registration of health and medical research is an effective way of improving the transparency and credibility of evidence. Registration involves pre-specifying the research objectives, design, methods ...