After signing of our technical cooperation agreement with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO / WHO), the Epistemonikos database is now integrated and available within the Virtual Health Library (VHL) of the Latin American and Caribbean Center of Information in Health Sciences (BIREME). This means that users can access primary studies and systematic reviews, according…
In the context of the declaration of 2021 as the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables (Approved by FAO and pending by the United Nations Assembly), the Epistemonikos Foundation has signed an agreement to develop a new database to build a summary of evidence that evaluates the correlation between the consumption of fruits and vegetables…
Alert to the Scientific Community: The Use of Cannabis in People with Medical Conditions Does Not Produce Improvements and Causes Damage to Health. The Congress of Chile is currently discussing a bill that aims to modify the National Health Code in order to incorporate and regulate the medical use of cannabis-derived products (see the Congress’s…
Epistemonikos Foundation has produced the largest and most reliable synthesis of research evidence on the therapeutic effects of cannabis or derived products that has been carried out to date. It is the result of our independent, transparent and rigorous work, which was not commissioned by any organisation and did not receive external funding. The motivation…
From Sunday 6 to Friday 11, Epistemonikos presented to the public the result of its study on the effects of the medicinal use of cannabis and products or drugs derived from it (including synthetic cannabinoids). The result of this investigation caused great stir at the national level, so the foundation was very present in the…
The following articles are part of the initiative of Epistemonikos Foundation ‘Living Overview of the Evidence (L·OVE)’ about Medical cannabis and cannabinoids. This project aims to synthesize and continuously update scientific evidence on a particular topic. More details here: https://love.epistemonikos.org/#/diseases/medical_cannabinoids/about Are cannabinoids effective for fibromyalgia? Matías Rocco, Gabriel Rada (Chile) Medwave 2018 Ene-Feb;18(1):e7153 Do cannabinoids…
Epistemonikos Evidence Synthesis Project (Epistemonikos-ESP) is a collaborative initiative established in 2012 with the objective of collecting, organising and comparing all of the relevant research evidence for health decision-making, through a friendly, multilingual interface. To collect all the evidence: Epistemonikos database The first stage of the project aims to collect all of the evidence relevant for health decision-making…