Well done #QianFeng Monash University School of Clinical Sciences There is a welcome trend that effect measures are increasingly reported in reproductive medicine studies, specifically in RCTs and meta-analyses. Publication reporting bias remains a concern. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38015794/

Great way to close the year Applying a simplified economic evaluation approach to evaluate infertility treatments in clinical practice pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38148026/ Will populate this model in 2024. Well done Qian Feng Monash University

IVF and IUI-OS are both viable options in terms of effectiveness and safety for managing unexplained infertility. IVF versus IUI with ovarian stimulation for unexplained infertility: … pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38148104/ Rui Wang #wentaoli #ShimonaLai Madelon van Wely Monash University

‘The situation has become appalling’: fake scientific papers push research credibility to crisis point theguardian.com/science/2024/f…

Travelling to SMFM this week to present 4 RCTs from The Netherlands (2), VietNam and China smfm2024.eventscribe.net

Great to see our trial ICSI comparing IVF published in The Lancet on Lunar New Year. Happy year of the Dragon to all my co-authors.. And yes, the cumulative live birth rate is 5% better after IVF Monash University School of Clinical Sciences Rui Wang ICSI vs cIVF for non-severe male pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38330980/

Vaginal misoprostol versus vaginal dinoprostone for cervical ripening and induction of labour: An individual participant data meta‐analysis of randomised controlled trials obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…

A great start of the weekend with Malitha Patabendige and @nicolemegan_aux publishing their work Monash University School of Clinical Sciences Daniel Rolnik Feng Qian

Editorial board members resign from obstetrics journal to protest handling of allegations retractionwatch.com/2024/03/06/edi… via Ivan Oransky

Cervical pessary versus vaginal progesterone in women with a singleton pregnancy, a short cervix, and no history of spontaneous preterm birth at less than 34 weeks’ gestation: open label, multicentre, randomised, controlled trial bmj.com/content/384/bm…

Fabricator of the day.... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Another good one to start the Saturday Still online sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Courtesy Sebastiaan Mastenbroek

Some publications of the Dutch prime minister candidate science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… academic.oup.com/nar/article/44… journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar… Pieter Omtzigt Elisabeth Bik Ronald Plasterk NRC Retraction Watch I leave the reader to interpret retractionwatch.com/2020/11/19/sci… pubpeer.com/search?q=plast…

"Ronald Plasterk says he will not seek to become next Dutch PM amid ethics probe." nltimes.nl/2024/05/20/ron… From 2020: Science retracts paper co-authored by high-profile scientist and former Dutch minister retractionwatch.com/2020/11/19/sci…

Wiley's 'fake science' scandal is just the latest chapter in a broader crisis of trust universities must address abc.net.au/news/2024-05-2…

We had a good discussion at ASPIRE 2024 Manila

In the NTVG podcast ntvg.nl/podcast/38-waa… @wetenschapsjournalist_anne and I discuss the problem of fabricated RCTs (Dutch)

Extremely proud to see this paper published thelancet.com/journals/lance… Tuong M Ho Robert John Norman HOPE Research Center Rui Wang