Christine Parry

How P-values are used today has gradually morphed further and further from their intended use and scientists are now questioning the prominence they are given when interpreting clinical trial data.

“Ten-fold medication errors in children are a problem everyone fears,” says consultant paediatric nephrologist Yincent Tse. “Everyone’s seen it happen before, but we’ve never really measured it or taken a wide view of it. We’ve never really had good data,” adds Tse, who is lead for patient safety and quality improvement on the Royal College […]

It should have been a cause for celebration: the first-in-class, disease-modifying drug that reaches beyond alternative symptomatic treatments to target an underlying cause of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) directly. However, the approval of aducanumab (Aduhelm; Biogen) in June 2021 by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has instead resulted in resignations, division and claims of […]

When patients began reporting lingering symptoms following COVID-19 infection, just a few months into the 2020 pandemic, initially they were ignored. “We owe a debt to patients here,” stresses Amitava Banerjee, professor of clinical data science at University College London. “Remember in May 2020 — it was patients who defined this, not doctors, not researchers, […]

“One in four consultations in primary care involve fatigue — it’s the most common reason why people go to see their GP,” says Julia Newton, a consultant physician with an interest in fatigue at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. At least 250,000 people in the UK live with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), […]

Not only is the biology of pain incredibly complex, but pain intensity can be altered by social and psychological factors, such as anxiety and stress levels, living conditions, or even cultural attitudes towards pain. The unique combination of these factors gives rise to inter-individual differences in pain perception and variable analgesic response​[1,2]​. “We tend to […]

Imagine if next time you consult with a patient, you have an expert in the relevant field sat next to you, scouring the latest scientific literature, combing through millions of case studies in seconds, and applying this knowledge in an instant to help you provide the best possible care. Sounds too good to be true? […]

The rash of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots breaking out across our screens has got everyone poking and prodding at them and wondering — is this something I need to see a doctor about? The unrelenting pace of AI advancement has rapidly shifted to place healthcare at the centre of the developers’ crosshairs. AI chatbots are […]