Author’s Reply—A double-blind case study?

Double-blind review favours increased representation of female authors.

Double-blind peer review, in which neither author nor reviewer identity are revealed, is rarely practised in ecology or evolution journals. However, in 2001, double-blind review was introduced by the journal Behavioral Ecology. Following this policy change, there was a significant increase in female first-authored papers, a pattern not observed in a very similar journal that provides reviewers ...

A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) in 90 subjects with chronic neck pain was conducted with the aim of determining the efficacy of 300 mW, 830 nm laser in the management of chronic neck pain. Subjects were randomized to receive a course of 14 treatments over 7 weeks with either active or sham laser to tender areas in the neck. The primary outc...

A Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled Study

Context: Trichotillomania is characterized by repetitive hair pulling that causes noticeable hair loss. Data on the pharmacologic treatment of trichotillomania are limited to conflicting studies of serotonergic medications. N-acetylcysteine, an amino acid, seems to restore the extracellular glutamate concentration in the nucleus accumbens and, therefore, offers promise in the reduction of compu...

Limitations of the Double-Blind Pharmaceutical Study:

This paper examines the limitations of the double-blind pharmaceutical study in medical research. These areas are often neglected. First, common difficulties are discussed. These include lack of appropriate demographic controls including cigarettes, alcohol, caffeine and drug interactions. Additionally, not eliciting side-effects and therapeutic effects may occur because the measuring instrumen...

Author's response to reviews Title:Perilla Extract improves GI health in a randomized placebo controlled double blind human study Authors: