Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. Systematic reviews, which involve pooling data from multiple studies ...

Phage therapy used as an experimental therapy in 51 cystic fibrosis patients with multi-drug resistant infections showed that ...

Systematic review turned up inaccurate or misleading advice, weak regulatory oversight ...

A new overview of the best available evidence worldwide for smoking cessation has found that nicotine‑containing e‑cigarettes appear to be more effective for smoking cessation than other interventions ...

Systematic reviews are fundamental to the appraisal and synthesis of evidence in health and social care. They utilise pre‐defined protocols to gather, evaluate and integrate findings from diverse ...

Are e-cigarettes better than nicotine patches? A new Oxford study pooling a decade of evidence finds that nicotine e-cigarettes are the most effective tool for smoking cessation.

Systematic reviews and clinical trials form the cornerstone of contemporary health research, providing robust, evidence‐based insights that guide clinical practice and policy. Systematic reviews ...

A new analysis of existing studies co-led by a University of Massachusetts Amherst public health researcher finds that nicotine e-cigarettes consistently help adults quit smoking, a conclusion that ...

Despite rapid advances in large language models, this study shows that human expertise remains critical for producing rigorous systematic reviews, with AI best suited as a supervised support tool ...

The largest review of medical cannabis and mental health to date has found no strong evidence that cannabinoid-based ...

A systematic review of 31 studies found that diet changes like increasing fluid intake and following a diet low in salt and ...