Humans learn about the world by collectively acquiring information, filtering it, and sharing
what we know. Misinformation undermines this process. The repercussions are extensive …

The internet has become a popular resource to learn about health and to investigate one's
own health condition. However, given the large amount of inaccurate information online …

Background Social media has been extensively used for the communication of health-
related information and consecutively for the potential spread of medical misinformation …

Abstract» Data continue to accumulate indicating that many systematic reviews are
methodologically flawed, biased, redundant, or uninformative. Some improvements have …

Timely implementation of principles of evidence-based public health (EBPH) is critical for
bridging the gap between discovery of new knowledge and its application. Public health …

This review examines the effectiveness of positive parenting interventions aimed at
improving sensitivity, responsiveness, and/or non-harsh discipline on children's early …

To date, nutritional epidemiology has relied heavily on relatively weak methods including
simple observational designs and substandard measurements. Despite low internal validity …

This paper aims to address the issue of predatory publishing, sensu lato. To achieve this, we
offer our perspectives, starting initially with some background surrounding the birth of the …

The public often turns to science for accurate health information, which, in an ideal world,
would be error free. However, limitations of scientific institutions and scientific processes can …

We estimated the degree to which language used in the high-profile medical/public
health/epidemiology literature implied causality using language linking exposures to …