Category: Miscellaneous

RIP Bob Uecker

Jason Shafrin

One of the greatest baseball announcers of all time passed away today. Bob Uecker. The voice of the Milwaukee Brewers. Mr. Baseball. He was certainly the ‘soundtrack to summer’ growing up in Wisconsin. For Brewers fans like me, his calls are those of Brewers history and lore. Brewers TV play-by-play announcer Brian Anderson recalls some…

Best practices for conducting a scoping review

Jason Shafrin

Scoping reviews are a type of knowledge synthesis, which follow a systematic approach to map evidence on a topic and identify main concepts, theories, sources, and knowledge gaps. The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) defines a scoping review as: ‘exploratory projects that systematically map the literature available on a topic, identifying key concepts, theories,…

Can hearing aids slow dementia?

Jason Shafrin

People with hearing loss are about twice as likely as others to develop dementia. The wider availability and use of hearing aids would probably be the single intervention most effective in reducing the incidence of dementia The Economist: “How to reduce the risk of developing dementia“ The Economist argues that a healthy lifestyle can prevent…

Increased access to articles in JAMA

Jason Shafrin

JAMA and it’s related sister journals as part of the JAMA Network have adopted a new publishing policy, moving the journal not entirely into the open access space, but one that will give individuals access to JAMA articles on other sites. JAMA editors write: Beginning in 2023, JAMA and all of the journals in the JAMA Network…