{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":300,"width":600,"title":"    \u2696\ufe0f Pooling Without Fooling: When Meta-Analysis Deserves Your Trust","description":"\ud83d\udd0e Can you believe that meta-analysis? Meta-analyses sit near the summit of evidence-based medicine\u2014but pooling more studies does not automatically produce more truth. \ud83d\udcca Lee and colleagues offer a powerful clinical lesson: credibility requires alignment of evidence, methods, and inference. Ask first: Should these studies have been pooled at all? \ud83e\udde0 Look for prospective planning, robust source data, adequate events, explainable heterogeneity, transparency, and honest uncertainty. \ud83c\udfaf The goal? Fewer, better, more believable meta-analyses. ","author_name":"Dr. RR Baliga's 'Podkast for the Kurious Doc'. Where Curiosity meets Clarity!","author_url":"http:\/\/www.MasterMedFacts.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/42544255\/height\/300\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"300\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/205408470"}