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Monday, July 26, 2010

HealthNewsReview.org Tips for Understand Studies



subject areas covered:

Tips for Understand Studies

* Does The Language Fit The Evidence? - Association Versus Causation
* "Off-label" Drug Use and Marketing
* 7 Words (and more) You Shouldn't Use in Medical News
* News from Scientific Meetings
* Absolute vs. Relative Risk
* Number Needed to Treat (NNT)
* Commercialism
* Single Source Stories
* FDA Approval Not Guaranteed
* Phases of Drug trials
* Medical Devices
* Animal & Lab Studies