
Kari Tikkinen
@karitikkinen
Urology Prof @HelsinkiUni @paijatha @HUS_fi 🇫🇮| Clin Epi Prof @hei_mcmaster🇨🇦| Lead CLUE Working Group🗺️| Member @uroweb Scientific Office🇪🇺 #EBM
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How expanding definitions of diseases such as hypertension, gestational diabetes, osteoporosis, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder & social #anxiety disorder can result in harmful medicalization & inefficient resource use via Kari Tikkinen et al watermark.silverchair.com/jamainternal_t…




NEW PAPER in Journal of Clinical Epidemiology looking at the content of open peer-review reports of RCTs in the field of oncology sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Peer review reports [...] were short (median 276 words), superficial, and rarely constructive #metascience #peerreview #RCTs
![Gary Collins (@gscollins) on Twitter photo NEW PAPER in <a href="/JClinEpi/">Journal of Clinical Epidemiology</a> looking at the content of open peer-review reports of RCTs in the field of oncology
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Peer review reports [...] were short (median 276 words), superficial, and rarely constructive #metascience #peerreview #RCTs NEW PAPER in <a href="/JClinEpi/">Journal of Clinical Epidemiology</a> looking at the content of open peer-review reports of RCTs in the field of oncology
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Peer review reports [...] were short (median 276 words), superficial, and rarely constructive #metascience #peerreview #RCTs](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Guwo-0xWIAEZJEX.png)

🚨 NEW in #EuropeanUrology By Saum Ghodoussipour Roger Li Sarah P. Psutka MD MS Trinity J. Bivalacqua Joan Palou Redorta et al Can novel intravesical therapies change the game for non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer? This systematic review explores: ✅ BCG-based combos ✅ Gene & immune therapies ✅ Innovative drug


GRUrocast Episode 3 is hot off the presses! 📰 In this episode, Brian J. Flynn, M.D. interviews Alan J. Wein, MD, PhD (hon), FACS, as they discuss the evolution of functional and reconstructive urology. 🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/3GrZJ7f #Functional #Urology #Podcast



Kysyin reilu pari vuotta sitten maa- ja metsätalousministeri Sari Essayah’ilta turkistarhauksen tulevaisuudesta. Vastausta Kristillisdemokraatit | KD’n johtajalta ei ole kuulunut. Mitä Petteri Orpo’n hallitus on tehnyt? Tukenut tietenkin #turkistarhaus’ta. #FurFreeFuture

Dr. Cooperberg receives ASPI’s 2025 Special Award for Patient Advocacy for leading a successful campaign to restore Active Surveillance in prostate cancer guidelines. youtu.be/ZHQIkIze6k8?si… Check out Matt Cooperberg presentation on AS: youtu.be/ev1WcQ1Ucic?si…


What are the three most-read JAMA Internal Medicine articles in the last 30 days? If you haven’t read our piece yet, do! Expanding disease definitions fuels #overdiagnosis & overtreatment, medicalises normal life & threatens health system #sustainability. #EBM jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…



Kaupunginvaltuutettu Seida Sohrabi kieltäisi lailla kasvojen peittämisen huivilla. "Huivien käyttö kumpuaa siitä, että nainen pyritään peittämään miesten katseilta ja himolta. On aivan irvokasta ajatella, että kaksivuotias pitää peittää miesten himolta." iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/f267…

What a fantastic tool! Thanks for sharing. Kari Tikkinen Brian Hu Saum Ghodoussipour Vignesh Packiam, MD Muhannad Alsyouf Antoin Douglawi Leilei Xia Alireza Ghoreifi, MD Domenique Escobar, MD 👩🏽⚕️🧜🏽♀️



Yksi JAMA Internal Medicine:icinen kuukauden kolmesta luetuimmasta on artikkelimme siitä miten sairauden määritelmien laajentaminen johtaa #ylidiagnostiikka:an, turhiin hoitoihin & vaarantaa terveydenhuollon kestävyyden jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai… #sote Helsingin Sanomat #kansanterveys #EBM
