Dear Colleagues, You can find Tom Jefferson et al's article on "Relation of study quality, concordance, take home message, funding, and impact in studies of influenza vaccines: systematic review" at http://www.bmj.com/cgi/reprint/338/feb12_2/b354 This article will be the subject of Dr. Carl Heneghan's new blog to be published on our website www.cebm.net in the next week or so. All good wishes, Olive >>> reesepalley <[log in to unmask]> 15/02/2009 04:51 >>> Centre for Evidence Based Medicine United Kingdom Dear Ms Goddard, It has occurred to me that the same principles that lie behind EBM might well define a new way to train politicians, A sort of EVIDENCE BASED POLITICS. Has any work been done in this field? Reese Palley 156 Sea Lane Key West FL 33040 and 1912 Wilcox Street Philadelphia PA 19130 [log in to unmask] 305-295-0700