Background: Double-blind placebo-controlled trials are intended to control for the impact of expectancy on outcomes. Whether they always achieve this is, however, questionable. Methods: Reanalysis of ...
Riluzole is a glutamate-modulating agent with neuroprotective properties approved for use in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The efficacy and safety of riluzole vs placebo as an adjunct to ...
Can peer review be improved by withholding information from referees? There is some evidence to suggest it might be, but the jury is still out, reports Alastair Brown. Peer review is a hallmark of a ...
The COVID crisis throws into relief what happens when grief has—quite literally—nowhere to go. The evidence suggests that most people summon strengths that surpass their own expectations. Double-blind ...
“It’s true what they say about Reviewer Two,” a friend said to me recently, joking that his own second reviewer had been the one barring the way to his new article’s publication yet again, asking for ...
The extent to which studies of this type are successful in giving reliable information regarding the efficacy of injection therapy depends on the identification of patients whose symptoms are indeed ...
What’s better than a murder mystery set in the allure of a 1940s circus? Two murder mysteries! Or, to be more precise, a single murder and two investigators with access to different clues, testimonies ...
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