Evidence-based medicine

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approach to medical practice intended to optimize decision-making by emphasizing the use of evidence from well-designed and well-conducted research

in statistics and epidemiology

British nonprofit for reviews of medical research (formed 1993)

medical procedure that separates patients into different groups

continued provision of medical care or treatment to a patient when there is no reasonable hope of a cure or benefit

treatment programs that aim to change parenting behaviors

to avoid patient overdiagnosis and overtreatment

testing genomic, epigenetic and molecular biomarkers for efficacy in individualized treatment

method of assessing the certainty in evidence

likelihood ratios used for assessing the value of performing a diagnostic test

website covering issues in science and medicine, focusing on quackery

group of individuals who meet regularly to critically evaluate recent articles in the academic literature

the use of research and theory to guide assessment methods and measures

Measure in epidemiology