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New guidelines for conducting systematic reviews of animal and cell studies

A new publication in Nature Reviews Methods Primers provides essential guidance for conducting rigorous systematic reviews on studies with animals and cells. It also highlights the benefits of these ...
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Application of Systematic Review Methods in an Overall Strategy for Evaluating Low-Dose Toxicity from Endocrine Active Chemicals

This project was supported by Contract EP-C-14-005, Task Order #5, between the National Academy of Sciences and the US Environmental Protection Agency. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or ...
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Human researchers still outperform AI when it comes to writing trustworthy systematic reviews

Despite rapid advances in large language models, this study shows that human expertise remains critical for producing rigorous systematic reviews, with AI best suited as a supervised support tool ...
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Influences on the mental health and well-being of retired professional athletes from high contact team sports: a mixed methods systematic review

Objective To report the prevalence of mental health symptoms and influencing factors in retired professional high contact team sport (HCTS) athletes. Design Mixed-methods systematic review. Data ...
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Physical activity as a protective factor for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease: systematic review, meta-analysis and quality assessment of cohort and case–control studies

Objective Physical activity (PA) is associated with a decreased incidence of dementia, but much of the evidence comes from short follow-ups prone to reverse causation. This meta-analysis investigates ...