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Randomized controlled trials are the ‘gold standard’ of research — but a difficult fit for trans care

In order to provide gender-affirming care, clinicians must sometimes jump through unusual hoops. In Australia, for example, the government won’t subsidize testosterone treatment for a trans man ...
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Feasibility of a cluster randomised trial on the effect of trauma life support training: a pilot study in India

Objective To assess the feasibility of conducting a cluster randomised controlled trial comparing the effects of Advanced ...
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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 ...
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Impact of an Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome–Informed Clinical Decision Support Tool on Clinical Discussions With Head and Neck Cancer Survivors: Findings From the HN ...

We conducted a cluster-randomized controlled trial of oncology practices in the Wake Forest National Cancer Institute Community Oncology Research Program Research Base comparing HN-STAR to usual care ...