Editorials

Neuraminidase inhibitors for influenza: methods change, principles don’t

By: Toby Lasserson & David Tovey
On: January 18, 2012, 12:00

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Systematic reviews seek to identify and summarise all the relevant research evidence relating to the clinical or health policy decision under consideration. This rationale can be fatally undermined if the review only includes a proportion of the research conducted, due to the restricted availability of data...

Need to re-align patient-oriented and commercial and academic research

By: Alessandro Liberati
On: December 22, 2011, 14:02

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People facing life threatening illness have a right to expect that research into their illness will address the uncertainties that matter most to them. Unfortunately, this is not always the case, as Alessandro Liberati (1954-2012) describes in this editorial, first published in The Lancet, building on his own experience as a patient ...

Implications for research: getting the most out of Cochrane Reviews

By: Urbà González & Hywel Williams
On: December 07, 2011, 12:18

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Cochrane Reviews are essential tools for accurately summarising the evidence of the effects of healthcare interventions in a way that minimises bias. In addition to occasionally providing clear clinical answers, when several smaller apparently conflicting studies are brought together, such reviews are a rich resource for people planning to fund or undertake future healthcare research.

Helping people make well-informed decisions before, during and after disasters: the Evidence Aid initiative

By: By Mike Clarke, Claire Allen and Bonnix Kayabu
On: November 07, 2011, 19:46

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As we watch the aftermath of the recent earthquake in Turkey and the ongoing flooding in Thailand, the need for reliable information on the effects of interventions and actions, by people engaged in disaster planning and response, feels ever more pressing. Evidence Aid, a global initiative that arose within The Cochrane Collaboration, is trying to meet this need ...

We need access to all data from all clinical trials

By: Peter C Gøtzsche
On: October 04, 2011, 13:28

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A variety of international organisations, funders, and others have made calls for sharing research data. These calls have mostly been restricted to publicly funded research, but if the over-riding objective of healthcare research is to improve patient care and health policy, the distinction between publicly funded research and industry-funded research is artificial and irrelevant...

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