The long-term use of opioids for pain: what\u2019s the problem?\r\n\r\nPeople receiving long-term pain relief for low back pain gain no benefits from opioids. Georgia Richards discusses her research on why this might be the case.
\n \n\n \n \nWe have put together an exhibition of the Kings and Queens, their illnesses, their deaths, and the public health messages their stories portray. The messages include preventable diseases such as obesity, smoking, and vaccination for smallpox, along with the problems of overtreatment, its consequences and its effect on speeding up the death of some of the monarchs.\r\nCarl Heneghan, Director Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine
\n \n\n \n \n\u2018When did we start thinking that a single study was enough to prove a scientific hypothesis?\r\n\r\nRichard Stevens, Director of the MSc in EBHC Medical Statistics
\n \n\n \n \nEarly CGM devices were expensive and had problems with accuracy and reliability, and patients often needed to provide finger-prick data to keep them. Modern CGMs are smaller and cheaper, but are they reliable?
\n \n\n \n \nJeremy Howick discusses whether it is ethical for clinicians to recommend that their patients sign up for a trial, even if there is an established therapy.
\n \n\n \n \nHow might we increase research efficiency?
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