In the 1940s, medical researchers began using randomized controlled trials to assess the efficacy of health interventions. In RCTs, researchers create randomly assigned treatment and control groups, ...

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of metformin in reducing progression among men on expectant management for low-risk prostate cancer: The MAST (Metformin Active Surveillance Trial) ...

Tesamorelin can selectively reduce visceral fat, as demonstrated in RCTs. But the real story is what it reveals about metabolism, peptides, and the future of self-driven health ...

Last December, news broke that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had awarded $1.6 million to a Danish vaccine research group to study the effects of the hepatitis B vaccine on infants in ...

Medical research shapes healthcare every day, but not all studies are created equal. Knowing the differences can help you feel more confident reading health information online and understanding what ...

Now it's up to clinicians to sort out conflicting evidence ...

Resources for observational comparative research have expanded enormously in recent years to include very large sources of ...

According to a report, many treatments used in Africa are based on data drawn from non-African populations, raising concerns about their applicability as growing evidence shows that genetics, ...