Background Cancer screening programmes have the potential to reduce mortality, but screening programmes can also involve harms such as overdiagnosis and overtreatment. Significant rates of ...
Objectives Paediatric flatfoot is a common presentation with prevalence estimates of 15%. Some flatfeet can result in pain and altered gait. No optimal strategy, nor consensus, for non-surgical ...
Background Musculoskeletal knee pain is a large and costly problem, and meniscal tears make up a large proportion of diagnoses. ‘Special tests’ to diagnose torn menisci are often used in the physical ...
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Objectives Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the ‘gold standard’ method used to assess the efficacy of treatments. However, patients may be reluctant to be subjected to another RCT once efficacy ...
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Background Dengue is a significant global health threat, with nearly half of the world’s population at risk. Approximately 75% of the global dengue burden is concentrated in the Southeast Asia and ...
Patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) may have coronary artery disease requiring revascularisation. However, many patients with NSTEMI do not. CT angiogram appears to be an ...
Objectives The introduction of change, in particular where it carries a strong sense of innovation, remains a contested area of knowledge and practice. In health care, where expectations associated ...
In 1964 the notorious Council for Tobacco Research (CTR) began to fund a young epidemiologist at Yale University named Alvan Feinstein PhD. During the course of his long and illustrious career, ...
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