Editorial: Relevance and Evidence?

Evidence-Informed Deliberative Processes – Early Dialogue, Broad Focus and Relevance: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Editorial: Evidence-based medicine.

available evidence of clinical expertise and patient preference in making the best decisions about patient care. This concept represents excellence and is firmly established in the pursuit of best medical practice. It has been applied to almost all subspecialties in medicine including orthopaedics. It is the focus in peer-reviewed journals and discussed in consensus statements of medical societ...

editorial: toward evidence-based planning for research

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Editorial: Economic Decline and the Relevance of Industrial Geography

The current economic downturn presents a challenge for industrial geographers, a trying time that has multiple dimensions. First, as members of society, we cannot help but be impacted by the economic circumstances that for many of us are without parallel in our lifetimes. The lives of millions of people are being affected by bankruptcy, foreclosure, and job loss, and for many there may be littl...

Locally delivered antimicrobials: clinical evidence and relevance.

Periodontitis is a common oral infection and inflammatory condition. Following treatment, residual or persistent periodontal inflammation is associated with disease progression and tooth loss. Cumulative evidence from clinical trials and meta-analyses support a complementary medical-mechanical model that combines locally delivered antimicrobials with scaling and root planing for the treatment o...