BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine (BMJ EBM) publishes original evidence-based research, insights and opinions on what matters for health care. We focus on the tools, methods, and concepts that are basic and ...

Background In people with mild asthma poor adherence to regular therapy is common and increases the risk of exacerbations, morbidity and mortality. The use of fixed-dose combination inhalers ...

Correspondence to Professor Anne Stiggelbout, Medical Decision Making, Department of Biomedical Data Sciences, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; a.m.stiggelbout{at}lumc.nl ...

Correspondence to Dr Peiming Zhang, Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Foshan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Foshan, Guangdong 528000, China; 20202110151{at}stu.gzucm.edu.cn If you ...

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Objectives To describe the development and initial evaluation of a brief e-learning course as a means of teaching shared decision making and risk communication skills to clinicians of all specialties.

With the social and economic development, governments and industries increasingly recognise service standards as essential tools for delivering efficient and consensus-based solutions.1 Service ...

Jay Pan and colleagues stress that reducing low-value medical services and enhancing healthcare quality must be an urgent priority in China; advancing the Choosing Wisely initiative represents a ...

As a public health practitioner, you are considering how public health interventions might encourage individuals and families to reduce their salt intake to improve blood pressure among local ...

Medical experts, health agencies and journalists reacted swiftly to President Trump’s remarks linking prenatal acetaminophen (commercial name Tylenol) use to autism, almost uniformly condemning his ...

Correspondence to Dr Mohammad Hassan Murad, Evidence-based Practice Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; murad.mohammad{at}mayo.edu When decision makers make a recommendation based on ...

Objectives To map the risk profile of drug classes at the population level by identifying associations between newly prescribed reimbursed drugs and sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), thereby providing a ...