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All blog posts in the category ‘Blinding’ can be found here. Read how blinding affects scientific research and ME/CFS research in particular.

Category: Blinding

Cat Links Blinding, Critique, Long Covid

The BMJ review on Long Covid interventions

Posted on December 4, 2024December 4, 2024 ME/CFS skeptic

Earlier this week, a new systematic review of interventions for Long Covid was published in

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Problems with the MetaBLIND study

Posted on June 14, 2021May 5, 2022 ME/CFS skeptic

The MetaBLIND study is likely the largest study on the effect of blinding in randomized

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Cat Links Blinding, Cochrane review, Critique

The NICE guideline committee and GRADE methodology

Posted on March 1, 2021May 20, 2021 ME/CFS skeptic

On 16 February, a group of researchers published a rapid response in the BMJ in

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The fascinating history of surgery: when placebo-controlled trials clash with common beliefs

Posted on January 13, 2021May 20, 2021 ME/CFS skeptic

This blog post takes a closer look at the fascinating history of surgical procedures. In

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A closer look at the Qure Study

Posted on December 20, 2020May 22, 2021 ME/CFS skeptic

The Qure study was one of the largest randomized treatment trials for patients suffering from

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A summary of our paper on exercise therapy and bias caused by lack of blinding

Posted on November 25, 2020September 1, 2022 ME/CFS skeptic

On 25 November a new paper was published by David Tuller (University of California, Berkeley),

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Cat Links Blinding, Cochrane review, Critique

Why the Cochrane review on exercise therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome is still misleading

Posted on October 20, 2019September 1, 2022 ME/CFS skeptic

On Wednesday, October 2, Cochrane published a long-awaited amendment to its review of exercise therapy

Continue readingWhy the Cochrane review on exercise therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome is still misleading

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Turning a blind eye to blinding

Posted on October 1, 2019May 28, 2021 ME/CFS skeptic

Blinding, sometimes called masking, is the process of keeping key persons involved in the conduct

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