study and risk literacy

By the Everyday Prevention Evidence Team When a headline says a treatment "cut major health events by 30%," that number often isn't one event. It's a composite endpoint — several different events …

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By the Everyday Prevention Evidence Team A number without a timeline can mislead you Imagine a friend tells you a new medication has a "number needed to harm" (NNH) of 50 — meaning one extra person …

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By the Everyday Prevention Evidence Team You're looking at a "high certainty" label. What does that actually promise you? If you've ever read a research summary or a guideline table, you've probably …

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By the Everyday Prevention Evidence Team What Is a Surrogate Outcome vs. a Patient Outcome? A surrogate outcome is a stand-in measurement, such as a lab value or scan result, used because it is …

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By the Everyday Prevention Evidence Team When a health study you're reading about gets a "correction," an "expression of concern," or a "retraction," these are three different things — and they don't …

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By the Everyday Prevention Evidence Team What Does It Mean When a Study Protocol Doesn't Match the Published Report? A study protocol is the plan a research team registers on a public database like …

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