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    How well does behavioural activation therapy work for depression in adults?  And what about the effects of this treatment on depression for adults with long‐term physical conditions? Two Cochrane systematic reviews look at the available evidence. Depression is a common mental health problem. It can cause a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of...
    22 January 2021
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    In mid-December 2020, Cochrane passed the milestone of 100,000 members and supporters! We are so proud of our collaborative, diverse, global community, made up of people from 225 countries. Hear from some of our contributors by exploring #MyCochraneStory. Our 100,000th supporter to engage with Cochrane was Priscila Verduzco, pictured below....
    21 January 2021
  • Today Cochrane announces the official launch of a new network of institutions committed to promote evidence-based health care practice and policy decision making in China.

    Made up of some of the country’s leading organizations in the research and practice of evidence-based medicine field, the Cochrane China Network will work with...
    21 January 2021
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    The past year has shown how important high quality evidence is. Here at Cochrane, we create short simple summaries of our reviews called Plain Language Summaries. These summaries are meant to be accessible by people around the world, so they can use them to make health care decisions. We would like your opinion on how to make these summaries...
    21 January 2021
  • COVID-19 is especially dangerous for at risk populations, such as pregnant women. It is critical to determine how COVID-19 affects pregnant women and their babies. A regular systematic review methodology is not sufficient to synthesise the overwhelming amount of evidence produced daily worldwide. Cochrane Gynaecology and Fertility needed to carry...
    20 January 2021
  • Working on Cochrane Methods translation
    Cochrane is delighted to launch Spanish and Japanese translations of MECIR (Methodological Expectations for Cochrane Intervention Reviews) from Cochrane Iberoamerica and Cochrane Japan, respectively. These are the first translations of Cochrane’s methods guidance since the launch of version 6 of the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of...
    19 January 2021
  • International Flags
    The World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board is meeting virtually this week (18-26 January). The Executive Board, which is made up of 34 elected members from WHO Member States, is responsible for implementing the decisions and policies of the World Health Assembly (WHO’s decision-making body) and to advise and facilitate WHO’s work. Our...
    19 January 2021
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    Stopping smoking brings enormous health benefits, but can be very challenging. In this talk, Cochrane author and editor Dr Jamie Hartmann-Boyce talks through Cochrane evidence on the best and most common ways to quit smoking. This talk is based off an article in The Conversation co-authored by Jamie and Dr Nicola Lindson, Cochrane author and...
    18 January 2021
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    In March 2020, in direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cochrane Ireland, Evidence Synthesis Ireland and the HRB-Trials Methodology Research Network (HRB-TMRN), worked with partners to set up the Emergency Evidence Response Service at NUI Galway. As part of this initiative, they created iHealthFacts, an online resource where members of the...
    18 January 2021
  • Pharmacological interventions for self‐harm in adults Cochrane authors have reviewed the international literature regarding pharmacological (drug) and natural product (dietary supplementation) treatment trials in the field. A total of seven trials that met inclusion criteria were identified. There is little evidence of beneficial effects of either...
    14 January 2021
  • Rehab outside
    Many experts published their opinions about the impact of COVID-19 on rehabilitation early on, but none were based on real-world experience. Cochrane Rehabilitation wanted to share information rapidly as it emerged so rehabilitation services and patients around the world would know how the pandemic might affect them. Since March 2020, Cochrane...
    14 January 2021
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    During the COVID-19 pandemic, people relied on research evidence to help make decisions that affected the health of millions. Cochrane had the skills and experience to draw together the research evidence. We needed to work more quickly than our usual systematic review process, which sometimes takes many months to search widely and assess research...
    13 January 2021
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    At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries implemented lockdowns or stay-at-home orders. Most dental services provided only emergency treatment so patients and dental professionals could stay safe. This left many people in pain or without access to care. As countries began to ease their lockdown restrictions, policy-makers and dental...
    12 January 2021
  • Many faces of clocks
    Decision-makers are making decisions about COVID-19 that affect the health of millions of people. Researchers have been quick to do studies about COVID-19, but it can be difficult to stay up to date. Cochrane France wanted to bring together the global evidence about preventing, treating and rehabilitating people with COVID-19 regularly and in one...
    8 January 2021
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    The new Chilean Satellite of the Cochrane Effective Practice of Care  (EPOC) Review Group works with the Ministry of Health to help inform decisions.

    In April 2020, the Chilean Satellite of Cochrane EPOC contacted the Department of Health Technology Assessment and Evidence Based Health in the Chilean Ministry of Health (HTA). They knew...
    8 January 2021
  • A female frontline worker wears PPE including cap, face shield, mask and gown
    What is the best way to support resilience and mental well-being in frontline healthcare professionals during and after a pandemic? What is ‘resilience’? Updated Jan 2021: Listen to lead author Alex Pollock from Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland explain what the review found. Updated Dec 2020: new brief for health systems planners and...
    8 January 2021
  • Person sitting on fence looking out to the distance
    There were no prevention or treatment protocols in place when COVID-19 reached South Africa. Policy-makers needed to work rapidly to support our diverse communities.  There were thousands of studies emerging from around the world, but there was a lot of duplication, variable quality and sometimes contradictory findings. The South African (SA)...
    7 January 2021
  • A woman sits on a couch across from a therapist
    Behavioural interventions for smoking cessation: an overview and network meta‐analysis

    Key messages Behavioural support can help more people to stop smoking for six months or longer, without causing unwanted effects. Some types of support appear to work better than others. More studies are needed to identify the best ways to support...
    5 January 2021
  • A metal magnifying glass leans against a stack of papers
    In this short interview, PhD student Camilla Hansen Nejstgaard,  from Cochrane Denmark and Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine Odense (CEBMO) at the University of Southern Denmark, tells us about how conflicts of interest may impact on recommendations of drugs and medical devices. She is the lead author of a recently published Cochrane Methodology...
    5 January 2021
  • Artist take on clinical trial
    Cochrane Sweden, in collaboration with TranspariMED, recently published a report on clinical trial transparency in Sweden. The report draws on data from the EU Trials Tracker and summarises the current extent of clinical drug trial reporting for different organisations in Sweden. Under the European Commission’s Clinical Trial Regulation, clinical...
    29 December 2020

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