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1. People who take blood pressure medications at bedtime were almost 50% less likely to experience a major cardiovascular outcome,
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Rapid Reviews from BMJ using MAGIC
It can take years for new research evidence to filter into new treatment guidelines—in the meantime, many patients receive outdated
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New Year Resolutions 2020
BMJ 2016; 355 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i6845 (Published 30 December 2016)Cite this as: BMJ 2016;355:i6845 Made any New Year resolutions? Not really. I follow Oscar Wilde: “Their origin is
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Cochrane Collaboration: The deterioration of the trust about systematic reviews
The ‘scientific method’ is the best method we know of finding whether an intervention in medicine works. The randomized clinical
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Green tea for weight loss and weight maintenance in overweight or obese adults
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Green tea for weight loss and weight maintenance in overweight or obese adults Cochrane Systematic Review
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Ambient Particulate Air Pollution and Daily Mortality in 652 Cities
BACKGROUND The systematic evaluation of the results of time-series studies of air pollution is challenged by differences in model specification
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Polypill for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in an Underserved Population
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEdf8djQMwM BACKGROUND Persons with low socioeconomic status and nonwhite persons in the United States have high rates of cardiovascular disease.
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Hypertension in adults: updated NICE guidelines 2019
Hypertension in adults: updated NICE guidelines 2019 October Discuss treatment with people with stage 1 hypertension and a 10 year
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How doctors think: Can we reduce the diagnostic errors by reflecting about them?
Jerome Groopman’s bestselling book ‘How Doctors Think’ is about exactly what it means and a bit more, which is how
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Person-centred care, personalised medicine, individualised care and precision medicine: are they all the same?
‘As healthcare professionals we talk about personalised care, person-centred care, personalised medicine, individualised care and precision medicine. These have distinct
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