User talk:Christopher Shirley

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 * Identifying reliable sources for medicine-related articles (general advice)
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Again, welcome! WhatamIdoing (talk) 19:02, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

Individual studies
Citing individual clinical trials is being discouraged on Wikipedia. It's too easy for people to cherry-pick only the studies that happen to agree with their personal beliefs. If you'd like to find good medical sources, I suggest going to http://PubMed.gov/ and clicking the "review" filter button on the left side of the screen. That will give you good secondary sources, which are normally acceptable. Good luck, WhatamIdoing (talk) 19:04, 29 April 2013 (UTC)