Penn researchers gamified walking to boost heart health, and won a $25 million grant

With a $25 million grant from PCORI, the Penn team will launch a randomized controlled trial to see if their game reduces the ...
News Medical

Randomized clinical food trials: Best clinical practice, quality management & data processing

Thought LeadersAoife Hayes, Kevin O'Regan & Julie ScanlonClinical Trials Assitant, Operations Manager & Quality Assurance ManagerAtlantia Clinical Trials Food clinical trials may not be as familiar to ...
BMJ

High-intensity interval training for cardiometabolic health in adults with metabolic syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Data sources Five databases were searched from inception to March 2024. Study appraisal and synthesis Meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing HIIT with MICT/CON were performed ...
STAT

Keeping pregnant participants out of medical research is more dangerous than including them

“Well, we don’t have as much evidence as we would like on steroid use during pregnancy,” the obstetrician warned my co-author, Natalia Emanuel, as she wrote a prescription for inhaled corticosteroids ...
Mad in America

How Depression Is Measured May Shape How Well Psychotherapy Appears to Work

A new systematic historical and meta-analytic review published in the Journal of Affective Disorders found inconsistent and ...
Heart

Rethinking the J-curve: diastolic blood pressure may not be a culprit after all

Hypertension remains one of the leading risk factors for cardiovascular (CV) events and mortality, making its effective treatment and control a critical public health priority.1 2 In response to the ...