STAT

Defenders of Medicaid cuts are misunderstanding a study I worked on

There’s been much discussion and debate about the cuts to Medicaid eligibility that Congress just passed and, in particular, what they may mean for current Medicaid recipients. A key piece of evidence ...
Nature

Fragility of statistically significant outcomes in randomized trials comparing bariatric surgeries

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are regarded as high-level evidence, but the strength of their P values can be difficult to ascertain. The Fragility Index (FI) is a novel metric that evaluates the ...
Nature

Weak evidence of density dependent population regulation when using the ability of two simple density dependent models to predict population size

The relative importance of density dependence regulation in natural population fluctuations has long been debated. The concept of density dependence implies that current abundance is determined by ...
UPI

'Significant evidence' ties air pollution with dementia, study finds

ST. PAUL, Minn., July 24 (UPI) --British researchers said Thursday they've found "significant evidence" of a long-suspected link between air pollution and dementia after studying data from nearly 30 ...
Medical Xpress

Joint Korea-Japan research finds no evidence linking mobile phone radio frequency exposure to cancer

No statistically significant differences were observed between RF-exposed and sham-exposed groups in major target organs, including the brain, heart and adrenal glands. Similarly, tumor incidence ...