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The Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials

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The Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for assessing risk of bias aims to make the process clearer and more accurate.
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Flaws in the design, conduct, analysis, and reporting of randomised trials can cause the effect of an intervention to be underestimated or overestimated. The Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for assessing risk of bias aims to make the process clearer and more accurate

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Efficacy of Turmeric Extracts and Curcumin for Alleviating the Symptoms of Joint Arthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials

TL;DR: These RCTs provide scientific evidence that supports the efficacy of turmeric extract (about 1000 mg/day of curcumin) in the treatment of arthritis, but more rigorous and larger studies are needed to confirm the therapeutic efficacy of Turmeric for arthritis.
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Effects of weight loss interventions for adults who are obese on mortality, cardiovascular disease, and cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis.

TL;DR: Weight reducing diets, usually low in fat and saturated fat, with or without exercise advice or programmes, for adults with obesity and follow-up ≥1 year may reduce premature all cause mortality in adults with Obesity.
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Efficacy of PD-1 or PD-L1 inhibitors and PD-L1 expression status in cancer: meta-analysis.

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TL;DR: It is suggested that PD-L1 expression status alone is insufficient in determining which patients should be offered PD-1 or PD- L1 blockade therapy, which is a preferable treatment option over conventional therapy for both patients that are PD- l1 positive and PD-l1 negative.
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Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions

TL;DR: The Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions is the official document that describes in detail the process of preparing and maintaining Cochrane systematic reviews on the effects of healthcare interventions.
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GRADE: an emerging consensus on rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations

TL;DR: The advantages of the GRADE system are explored, which is increasingly being adopted by organisations worldwide and which is often praised for its high level of consistency.
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Assessing Risk of Bias in Included Studies

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a new algorithm called 1.8.1.1-2.0-1.8-1/2.8/1/1.
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Systematic reviews in health care: Assessing the quality of controlled clinical trials

TL;DR: The concept of study quality and the methods used to assess quality are discussed and the methodology for both the assessment of quality and its incorporation into systematic reviews and meta-analysis is discussed.
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