Depression, left untreated, is a major cause of suicide, and there is ample testimony from many young people and their doctors that the pills are vital for their well-being even if the overall evidence of effectiveness is weak.
Guidelines endorse self-management of chronic low back pain (CLBP) and osteoarthritis (OA), but evidence for its effectiveness is weak.
However, the "effectiveness" is weak, since the property is not "purely material", but depends on external loading shapes.
As of 2011, administration of magnesium sulphate was reported to have had some benefit though evidence of effectiveness is weak.
Despite their international popularity, evidence of their effectiveness is weak and contradictory.
While it has an obvious logic in violence prevention as well, the evidence for its effectiveness is weak.
In addition, most of the included studies evaluated small populations and were judged to have potential for bias, indicating that the evidence for effectiveness is weak.
However, despite the growing numbers of ERS around the UK over the past decade, the evidence base for their effectiveness is weak [ 6, 8].
Despite the substantial worldwide financial investments in accreditation [ 7, 8], the evidence-base supporting its effectiveness is weak and contradictory [ 6, 9].
Although end-of-life care programmes have been developed since the 1990s and have already been implemented in more than 20 countries [ 17], the available evidence regarding their effectiveness is weak and studies are limited to the cancer population.
