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12th November 2009 05:40pm
Understanding evidence-based medicine in 4 days. Lesson 1: Clinical significance is all about risk
It is often hard to figure out the findings of health research because of jargon and the numbers. However, I reckon most of that research can be understood by anybody with 4 simple concepts. I am going to cover one of these concepts each day using stories from this week’s press relating to health to show how often these numbers appear in the press. Hopefully these 4 keys will allow more people to open the door and to question the numbers we read about in health research.
LESSON 1: CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE IS ALL ABOUT RISK
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