What does it mean to be ‘living’? In the case of systematic reviews, it depends on who you ask.

Antibiotic prescribing and use in United Kingdom general practices in socio-economically deprived areas: a critical interpretive synthesis

Bell A. et al, (2026), Journal of Health Equity, 3

Viral cultures for assessing airborne infectiousness of SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Onakpoya IJ. et al, (2026), BMC Infectious Diseases, 26

Associations of Alzheimer’s disease with inpatient hospital costs and with quality-adjusted life years: evidence from conventional and Mendelian randomization analyses in the UK Biobank

Dixon P. and Anderson E., (2026), Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 24

Interventions to Enable or Improve Evidence-Informed Decision Making in Public Health and Preventive Medicine: A Scoping Review

Groot E. et al, (2026), Ajpm Focus, 5

Current postpartum management of hypertension: A survey of obstetricians, general practitioners, and midwives in the UK

Tucker K. et al, (2026), Pregnancy Hypertension, 44

Rethinking clinical trials in the multimorbidity era: the imperative for patient-centered tailored approaches

González-González AI. et al, (2026), Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 194

Early economic modelling of a new pharmacotherapeutic treatment pathway for children with monogenic obesity

Dixon P. et al, (2026)

Psychosocial and Forensic Characteristics of Adult Mental Health Patients Referred to an Australian Secure Extended Care Unit and Predictors of Acceptance

Das P. et al, (2026), International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Continuity of care in UK primary care: a scoping review of measures, challenges, and future interventions.

Kartikapallil N. et al, (2026), Prim Health Care Res Dev, 27

Pivotal studies of pharmacotherapies approved by the US FDA for cancer treatment: a meta-analysis

Chow R. et al, (2026), Oncologist, 31

Missing by omission: the hidden heart of cardiovascular inequity in the UK.

Goyder CR. et al, (2026), Br J Gen Pract, 76, 229 - 232

Educating health professionals in evidence-based practice in 2026.

Innocenti T. et al, (2026), BMJ evidence-based medicine

When I use a word . . . Centenarians.

Aronson JK., (2026), BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 393

The causal role of adiposity in mental illness: A systematic review and meta-analysis of Mendelian randomization studies

Gao M. et al, (2026), Obesity Reviews

When I use a word . . . Nocebo.

Aronson JK., (2026), BMJ, 393

Oral Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir for Covid-19 in Higher-Risk Outpatients

Butler CC. et al, (2026), New England Journal of Medicine, 394, 1583 - 1594

Beyond clinical toxicology: protecting our poisoned patients.

Ferner RE. et al, (2026), J R Soc Med

Unscheduled bleeding and endometrial cancer in women on postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy and their matched controls: protocol for a descriptive cohort study using the Orchid-e database

Smith M. et al, (2026)

When I use a word . . . The earliest placebo.