Healthcare policy is increasingly justified through the language of numbers, yet numerical precision does not guarantee sound reasoning. Some of the most damaging public health controversies, from ...
Every day, consumers and their health care providers make decisions about medications, diagnostic tests and other medical interventions based on risk statistics. And according to the findings of an ...
Clinic BP was recorded as part of the referral process and measured in the clinic environment according to the usual practice of each referring doctor from general practice. Thus, clinic BP was not ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. Every day, consumers and their healthcare providers make decisions about medications, diagnostic tests and other medical interventions based on risk statistics. According to the findings ...
WASHINGTON — By now we've all heard that the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has an efficacy rate of 95%, Moderna of 94%, and Johnson & Johnson about 66%; what you may not have known is that rate's technical ...
In this analysis of the SPRINT trial, a blood pressure-lowering treatment strategy based on CVD risk prevented more events and resulted in treatment of fewer persons than a strategy based on systolic ...