A recent systematic review and meta-analysis concluded that there is no significant difference in most safety outcomes ...

Though it remains a common practice, requiring patients to have nothing by mouth (NPO) for several hours before percutaneous cardiovascular procedures doesn’t appear to have any advantages over ...

Quantifying the risk of cancer associated with pathogenic mutations in germline cancer susceptibility genes—that is, penetrance—enables the personalization of preventive management strategies.

The peer-reviewed Annals of Surgery published a meta-analysis of 30-day surgical outcomes across seven oncological surgical procedures, comparing robotic, laparoscopic, and open surgical approaches.

Meta-analysis is an objective examination of published data from many studies of the same research topic identified through a literature search. Through the use of rigorous statistical methods, it can ...

This manuscript makes a valuable contribution to the concept of fragility of meta-analyses via the so-called 'ellipse of insignificance for meta-analyses' (EOIMETA). The strength of evidence is solid, ...

Background The link between drinking water salinity and increased blood pressure and hypertension risk among coastal and ...