Medical research plays a vital role in advancing healthcare, improving treatment, and informing public health policies. However, it can be difficult to understand a study or whether it is trustworthy.

While doing research under tight deadlines, finding reliable sources becomes the most stressful part of writing. I’ve wasted hours opening papers that looked useful but added nothing to my argument.

University of Portsmouth provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Scientific evidence can be difficult to understand. Normally we can rely on experts to interpret it for us, or the media ...