53 days have passed since our country has undergone what’s probably the biggest social outbreak in its recent history, in which millions of people have decided to turn to the streets and protest, not only in Chile but in many countries of Latin America and the world. During these times of protest, everyone has been…
Critical thinking: how we encourage informed decision making How we got to participate in That’s a Claim, project with a key role in helping people to make better health decisions. One of the reasons that Fake News and unsubstantiated claims (not only in health) spread easily is because, unfortunately, we are either not…
Epistemonikos participates in CICAD meeting of the OAS against drug and alcohol abuse Between May 8 and 10, the 65th Committee of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission, CICAD (for its acronym in spanish), was held in Buenos Aires, where our President, Dr. Gabriel Rada, presented the results of the evaluation project…
Epistemonikos on the Evidence Synthesis Hackathon Canberra Our co-founder Daniel Pérez and L·OVE Project Leader, Juan Vásquez, participated in the second version of the Evidence Synthesis Hackathon 2019, held in Canberra, Australia, between the 8th and the 10th of April just passed. The meeting reunited developers and professionals related to scientific evidence from…
The volunteers of scientific evidence Almost 1000 collaborators participate in our process that brings scientific evidence to everyone On April 7th, the world celebrated the International Health Day, and this year it held the title of “Universal Health: for everyone, everywhere”. This year the celebration has as a main priority to promote and…
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…