Doctors need reliable ways to predict seizure risk after a first unprovoked seizure, to help guide diagnosis and treatment. This is especially important because a diagnosis of epilepsy can now be made ...

Due to a lack of robust evidence, the benefits and risks of adding chemotherapy directly into the abdominal cavity (intraperitoneal chemotherapy, or IPC) for stomach cancer are unclear.

Key messages • Blood pressure-lowering medications lower the chance of death and probably reduce heart attacks and strokes in people with hypertension (high blood pressure) 60 y ...

We did not find enough good‐quality evidence to draw reliable conclusions about the benefits and risks of different work-break interventions for preventing musculoskeletal symptoms and disorders ...

Few studies examine how severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) tests assist or hinder efforts to prevent illness, hospitalisations, or people dying. Due to weak evidence, we’re ...

These modules fucking suck. I am doing them because I am mandated by my university, however it is just like "learning" a language on Duolingo. I do not understand the point of this besides selling ...

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