By its nature, examination malpractice is a manifestation of how morally bankrupt the society has become. Since many students ...

Explaining the concept of randomisation in simple terms to patients during the discussion of randomised clinical trials can be a difficult task for many health care professionals. We report the ...

Traditional epidemiological studies have identified numerous potential risk factors, but observational studies have struggled to establish causal links due to confounding factors and reverse causation ...

The comparison of publications/citations in Mendelian randomisation from 2015 to 2024. On the top, it reflects the trend of total publications and citations each year. The keywords in this field are ...

Introduction Each year, millions of people experience recurrent diverticulitis episodes. Elective sigmoid colon resection reduces the risk of recurrence, but The American Society of Colon and Rectal ...

Sheffield Clinical Trials Research Unit (CTRU) provides randomisation services in partnership with epiGenesys, a University of Sheffield company. Below we address some commonly asked questions ...

Objectives Physical inactivity and sedentary behaviour are associated with higher breast cancer risk in observational studies, but ascribing causality is difficult. Mendelian randomisation (MR) ...