Platform Trials Promise Faster Answers but Face Serious Methodological Pitfalls
A new review finds adaptive platform trials offer real efficiency gains but are often undermined by weak blinding, non-concurrent controls ...
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Digital Health Tools Show Mixed Benefits in Home-Based Palliative Care Review
A systematic review of six randomised controlled trials finds active digital education consistently improves palliative patients' outcomes, while telemedicine and ...
Survey maps how LLM web agents turn browsing into verified datasets
A systematic review of 386 studies argues that LLM web agents should be judged by verified structured data, not navigation ...
AI Shows Promise for Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis, Review Finds Validation Gaps
A systematic review of 26 studies finds AI models diagnosing multiple sclerosis with over 95 percent accuracy in some cases, ...
India’s TB nutrition scheme is a lifeline, but payment delays and small amounts hold it back
A qualitative systematic review of 13 studies finds Indian TB patients value the Nikshay Poshan Yojana's ₹500 monthly nutrition support, ...
Dual-task walking reveals gait changes tied to cognitive impairment in small vessel disease
A meta-analysis of nine studies found that patients with cerebral small vessel disease-related cognitive impairment walked more slowly and less ...
Plant Compounds Show Promise Against Pesticide-Linked Sperm Damage in Animal Studies
A systematic review of 33 animal studies finds that antioxidant-rich natural products such as sage, curcumin and quercetin counteract many ...
AI Tooth Segmentation Review Maps a Decade of Deep Learning Progress
A new PRISMA-guided systematic review compiles 72 studies and twelve open datasets to map how deep learning, from U-Net to ...
Melatonin Shows Little Benefit for Arterial Stiffness, Meta-Analysis Finds
A systematic review and meta-analysis of five randomized controlled trials found no clinically meaningful effect of melatonin supplementation on arterial ...
Probiotics, Prebiotics and Synbiotics Show Broad Metabolic and Hormonal Benefits in PCOS Meta-Analysis
A meta-analysis of twenty randomized controlled trials and an umbrella review of eleven meta-analyses finds that prebiotics, probiotics, and synbiotics ...
Residual Hematoma Volume After Stroke Evacuation Uncertain Predictor of Recovery
A new systematic review finds that smaller residual clot volume after minimally invasive intracerebral hemorrhage evacuation was directionally linked to ...
Deep Learning Scans Earthquake Damage, But Review Finds the Evidence Shaky
A systematic review of 46 studies finds deep learning promising for post-earthquake structural damage assessment, but weak generalisation evidence and ...
Older Adults’ Views of Successful Ageing Still Seen Through an Individual Lens, Review Finds
A systematic review of 2012–2023 studies finds researchers interpret older adults' lay perspectives on successful ageing mainly at the individual ...
Ultrasound and Shear Wave Elastography Lead Review of Foot Tissue Measurement Techniques
A systematic review of 37 studies finds shear wave elastography and ultrasound have the strongest, though still incomplete, clinimetric evidence ...
Half of Enterobacterales Isolates Were ESBL-Positive in 2020–2024 Review, but Heterogeneity Limits Generalisability
A systematic review of 140 studies found a pooled ESBL prevalence of 50.37% among Enterobacterales isolates, with extreme heterogeneity, CTX-M ...
Human Stem Cell Fusion Emerges as a Rare but Promising Route to Tissue Repair
A systematic review finds that only 47 human studies address fusion between mesenchymal stem/stromal cells and tissue-specific cells, suggesting regenerative ...
Passion Fruit Shows Blood Pressure Promise, but Human Evidence Remains Thin
A systematic review of eight studies finds consistent blood pressure-lowering signals from Passiflora edulis across animal models and two small ...
Proprioceptive Training Linked to About a Third Fewer Ankle Injuries in Athletes
A meta-analysis of fifteen randomized trials found proprioceptive training was associated with about 34% fewer ankle injuries in athletes, with ...
Early Switch to Oral Antibiotics May Work for Brain Abscess, Review Finds
A systematic review and meta-analysis of five retrospective cohorts found that shorter intravenous antibiotic exposure before an oral switch was ...
Blind but Not Blind to Hope: Training May Reroute Vision After Cortical Blindness
A systematic review finds that just three small, non-randomized studies with low-certainty evidence suggest plasticity-based training may improve selected residual ...
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