Shutterstock 25 septembre 2023 Do blue-light glasses really work? Can they reduce eye strain or help me sleep? Laura Downie, The University of Melbourne They’re heavily promoted. Your optometrist may even prescribe them. But when we looked at the evidence, this is what we found.
Shutterstock 22 mai 2023 Does my treatment work? How major medical reviews can be ‘gold standard’ evidence, yet flawed Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz, University of Wollongong Major reviews of medical evidence, known as Cochrane reviews, have come under fire. But is that fair?
‘I have no idea if this will work.’ Josep Suria/Shutterstock 17 juin 2022 We don’t know whether most medical treatments work, and we know even less about whether they cause harm – new study Jeremy Howick, University of Leicester Around 95% of treatments do not have high-quality evidence to support their benefits
Towfiqu ahamed barbhuiya/Shutterstock 2 septembre 2020 Only one in ten medical treatments are backed by high-quality evidence Jeremy Howick, University of Oxford Most medical treatments don’t work according to the best evidence.
An international study has dismissed the effectiveness of a homeopathic flu remedy but it is still being advertised in South Africa as a viable solution. shutterstock 21 janvier 2016 Why an ineffective flu remedy is still being advertised in South Africa Roy Jobson, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University Internationally, the effects of a homeopathic flu remedy has been dismissed – but, in South Africa, it is still being advertised as effective.