Seatbelt promotion works, but how well? 60% of drivers still don’t use seat belts, and even more passengers. Tracking steps with @WriteInStonePublic software, we discuss a recent systematic review that looked at the effectiveness of seat-belt promotion more closely.
Gentle human touch was shown to reduce pain in newborn babies. A new systematic review found that neonates do suffer from airway suctioning, but careful positioning likely alleviates pain. How did researchers measure it? Follow our steps using @WriteInStonePublic in a new Zheln post.
Zheln went #SocialFi, and here is a short post on opioid use disorder: https://hey.xyz/posts/0x04fcbd-0x05
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Not sure where this fits in (I didn’t find @club/medicine or @club/health, only @club/mentalhealth but that’s not *exactly* it, and I also don’t know how t
What evidence do we have of the association between fluoride exposure and thyroid function? Check this funny summary of findings table: https://hey.xyz/posts/0x04fcbd-0x08-DA-a7d09302
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I really like that summary of findings table, haha.
Full table and source: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301911
Citation (NLM style): Ferreira MK
Full table and source: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301911
Citation (NLM style): Ferreira MK
Zheln’s (impolite) take on hazard vs. risk and some pieces of health research – and their authoritative academic publishers – that still fail to use a comprehensive search strategy in a systematic review and overlook the existence of ROBINS-E in 2024: https://hey.xyz/posts/0x04fcbd-0x09-DA-2c9ba1a1
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In health research, a hazard is not a risk. Now check this out:
“This study aimed to investigate the association between hypertensive disorders of pregnan
“This study aimed to investigate the association between hypertensive disorders of pregnan
Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP4) inhibitors do not work.
The market share is US$ 11.6 billion.
They are not effective at all, with high certainty.
DPP4 inhibitors are one of the newer drugs people with type 2 diabetes use to lower their blood sugar levels. They include medications such as Januvia (sitagliptin), Onglyza (saxagliptin), Tradjenta (linagliptin), Nesina or Vipidia (alogliptin), and Galvus (vildagliptin).
Objections?
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The market share is US$ 11.6 billion.
They are not effective at all, with high certainty.
DPP4 inhibitors are one of the newer drugs people with type 2 diabetes use to lower their blood sugar levels. They include medications such as Januvia (sitagliptin), Onglyza (saxagliptin), Tradjenta (linagliptin), Nesina or Vipidia (alogliptin), and Galvus (vildagliptin).
Objections?
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Probiotics won’t make you poop, but lactulose will, with moderate certainty.
Taking lactulose for an average of 4 weeks leads to at least one more additional stool per week in adults with positive Rome criteria for constipation.
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Taking lactulose for an average of 4 weeks leads to at least one more additional stool per week in adults with positive Rome criteria for constipation.
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