Observational research is core to drug development, helping researchers understand the natural history of diseases and the real-world impact of treatments on patients. Observational studies frequently ...

Observational studies are critical in evaluating the long-term safety and effectiveness of new therapies on patients’ lives. However, two major shifts are significantly changing the research ...

Where can observational studies be registered? An increasing number of clinical trial registries exist and, despite their names, some include observational studies ...

The pharmaceutical industry is facing growing pressure to make drug development more patient-focused. Traditionally, most observational research has been derived from clinical and payer data, but has ...

Statisticians point out that medical and other observational studies often produce results that are later shown to be incorrect. They now suggest ways to fix the system. S. Stanley Young, assistant ...

Kathryn Snow does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

After showing two groups of schoolteachers a videotape of an eight-year-old boy, psychologists John Santrock and Russel Tracy found that the teachers’ judgment of the child ultimately depended on ...