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Objective To assess the clinical effectiveness of septoplasty. Design Multicentre, randomised controlled trial. Setting 17 otolaryngology clinics in the UK’s National Health Service. Participants 378 adults (≥18 years, 67% men) newly referred with symptoms of nasal obstruction associated with septal deviation and at least moderate symptoms of nasal obstruction (score >30 on the Nasal Obstruction and Symptom Evaluation (NOSE) scale). Interventions Participants were randomised 1:1 to receiv...

Giulia Muraca and colleagues argue that Canada’s high rates of maternal and neonatal trauma following operative vaginal delivery warrant urgent recognition, transparency, and action Operative vaginal deliveries—forceps and vacuum assisted deliveries—are recommended as safe, acceptable alternatives to caesarean delivery for women in the second stage of labour when descent of the fetal head is arrested, there is imminent risk to the baby, or there are conditions that contraindicate pushing (...

Why publish an Open Access humanities book? We asked the authors of our most-read OA research for their view.

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will craft an improved set of Retail Competition and Open Access (RCOA) guidelines following the recommendation of Senator Sherwin Gatchalian to conduct a full-blown study on lowering the RCOA threshold. “Senator Gatchalian required us to conduct the study before we lower the [RCOA] threshold. We need to do the study.

Researchers can secure funding to cover article processing charges in open access publications and publish at no cost in Wiley and Cambridge journals,...

The University of New Mexico celebrates International Open Access Week Oct. 23 – 29. International Open Access Week celebrates the benefits of free, immediate, online access to scholarly research, and the right to use and re-use materials as needed. A...

Public Release: 27-Jul-2015 PLOS Scientific experiments with the herpes virus strain that causes Marek's disease in poultry have confirmed, for the first time, the highly controversial theory that some types of vaccines allow for the evolution and survival of increasingly virulent versions of a virus, putting unvaccinated individuals at greater risk of severe illness. The…

KEY POINTS Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) is now legal in many jurisdictions with strong public support, as well as some strong opposition, mostly on moral grounds. As more jurisdictions consider legalizing MAiD, policy-makers ask important questions about what drives people to request MAiD;

Imagine this scenario: You’ve just run 26.2 miles in the TCS New York City Marathon, slogging your way through all five boroughs and over a few hills.

The paper, shrouded in the guise of scientific inquiry, seems more like an exercise in creative speculation, leveraging the universal appeal of the Olympics to propagate the narrative of climate catastrophe.