#Placebo

Joshua Bonhotal

jbonhotal

Placebo Effect 101A snake oil salesman is a trader in lies and false cures. Deceitful, sure. But, is there any harm if it works?And besides, lost over the years is

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eliowa

Re: AstraZeneca-University of Oxford vaccineOne word could explain the differential results: BlindingBlinding is allocation concealment in a randomized trial, such that the recipient of the vaccine (and others) don't know

Nomdeplumi1

Nomdeplumi1

Committee Discussion up now!https://fda.yorkcast.com/webcast/Play/d75d80a3eb6e419986181c1a881fe2671d How will unblinding to perform additional analyses affect the conduct of the study? Study sponsors understand the ethics of continuing sur

G Kang

GKangInd

Plenty of descriptions of what participation in trials involves, but there seems to be a lot of confusion about what happens if the trial you are in or some other

Randy Nesse

RandyNesse

#Antidepressants seem effective in the clinic but not in controlled studies. Why? Let’s consider all possibilities. @PeterDKramer @AllenFrancesMD @DrHowardLiu @DalackMd @blackdoginst @NAMICommunicate @Got_Anxiety @EikoFried @PsychTimes @m

covid19indiaorg

covid19indiaorg

"Haryana minister tests positive after taking vaccine shot" Sensational headline, but let's look at the facts: Participants randomly receive either a vaccine or a placebo (dummy) shot. Did he receive

Prof Chris P Gale

cpgale3

Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (#POTS) is a complex, multifaceted disorder that commonly affect young #women & impairs functional status & quality of lifehttps://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2020.12.029#.YCuW5WRmvQE.tw

Paul Bleicher

pbleic

1/ Everyone’s talking about RCTs, but I am guessing that it is a bit of a vague concept for many non--medical folks. Here's a quick but longish look at a

Dr Grace C Roberts 😷

GraceCRoberts

I was up crazy early this morning to get to the hospital on time for my 2nd #Covid #vaccine (21 day booster!)Updates to follow! #COVID19 #Vaccines #Research #Clinicaltrial #clinicalresearch #coronavirus

F. Perry Wilson, MD MSCE

fperrywilson

Ok the @moderna_tx vaccine data is up at the @fda in advance of the #vrbpac meeting 12/17. Let's take a look! THREAD Starting with the big news - the cumulative

F. Perry Wilson, MD MSCE

fperrywilson

Seeing an interesting question coming up here - should we just give as many people as possible dose 1 of the Pfizer vaccine and not worry so much about dose

Sandeep

dr_dsandeep

Well, @netshrink sir, I'd like to re-emphasize how much disinformation Anoo Bhuyan in her two tweets, screenshots given here. I'll use the same article which you shared, published by @BloombergQuint.

Sudhanwa Pathak

pathaksudh

There seems to be a vertical division among #medtwitterindia about Ayurveda. One group derides Ayurveda altogether, and jump to lable other modern practitioners as if they are endorses of quackery.

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

Another exciting Monday morning for COVID-19 vaccines! Moderna is reporting 94.5% efficacy for their mRNA vaccine.Read on for a biostatistician's breakdown of the interim results. 10 tweets on severe disease,

Pepito

pepito_117

Bon, sans être scientifique, voila ce que j'ai lu sur le développement des vaccins et sa vitesse (sorry @lalibrebe pour le spoiler mais ce genre d'info devrait être d'intérêt public.

Aaron Richterman, MD

AaronRichterman

Here is one more look at Supplementary Table 18 from the Moderna NEJM paper, the best direct data we have on this question. Follow me here for a moment

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