In the 1940s, medical researchers began using randomized controlled trials to assess the efficacy of health interventions. In ...

“Well, we don’t have as much evidence as we would like on steroid use during pregnancy,” the obstetrician warned my co-author, Natalia Emanuel, as she wrote a prescription for inhaled corticosteroids ...

Now it's up to clinicians to sort out conflicting evidence ...

Tesamorelin can selectively reduce visceral fat, as demonstrated in RCTs. But the real story is what it reveals about metabolism, peptides, and the future of self-driven health ...

Last December, news broke that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had awarded $1.6 million to a Danish vaccine research group to study the effects of the hepatitis B vaccine on infants in ...

Resources for observational comparative research have expanded enormously in recent years to include very large sources of ...

Medical research shapes healthcare every day, but not all studies are created equal. Knowing the differences can help you feel more confident reading health information online and understanding what ...

Insomnia is a prevalent disorder that is associated with substantial impairment. Homeopathy has been proposed as a complementary treatment for insomnia, but its clinical effects remain uncertain. This ...

According to a report, many treatments used in Africa are based on data drawn from non-African populations, raising concerns about their applicability as growing evidence shows that genetics, ...