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  • #Chatathon
    Dementia Research Chatathon - 7 September, 9:00 (GMT+1) For 12 hours the host Adam Smith (@BetterResearch) will be chatting with 55 guests from all fields of dementia research, using video chat – live streamed using Zoom and YouTube. They will discus their research, the latest hot topics in their field, and how they are working to beat the disease...
    2 September 2020
  • Acute respiratory distress syndrome  COVID-19 oxygen ventilator
    Approaches to guiding oxygen therapy in adult intensive care patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a very severe breathing problem with a high mortality rate (chance of dying). It has many potential causes, including viral infections such as COVID-19, and there are no specific treatments...
    1 September 2020
  • Many people experience pain that lasts more than three months that is neither cancer‐related nor a headache. The search for a diagnosis and pain relief is often long and can be discouraging.  In this interview, lead author of the recently updated Cochrane Review Psychological therapies for the management of chronic pain (excluding headache) in...
    1 September 2020
  • Sweden Flags
    Being awarded full, independent Centre status acknowledges Cochrane Sweden’s outstanding achievements in promoting evidence-based decision-making in health care by producing and disseminating the best available information on health care for clinicians and patients in Sweden and beyond. Cochrane is a global independent network of researchers,...
    25 August 2020
  • Recruiting for ‘Cochrane UK Consumer Champions’
    The Cochrane UK team are inviting applications from people who would like to be ‘Cochrane UK Consumer Champions’.  Deadline: 30 August 2020 The role will largely involve: Raising awareness of Cochrane’s work within the community Advocating for wider use of Cochrane’s work within consumer groups/organizations Promoting consumer involvement within...
    24 August 2020
  • Study shows Cochrane’s centralised search and screening processes are highly sensitive
    The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) is compiled from a number of sources, including PubMed and Embase. Since 2017, Cochrane and our development partner Metaxis have increased the number of sources feeding into CENTRAL and improved the efficiency of our processes through the use of APIs, machine learning and crowdsourcing...
    20 August 2020
  • Cochrane Priority Reviews List: Reviews open to new authors
    The Cochrane Priority Reviews List is a ‘living’ record of Cochrane’s ongoing efforts to identify reviews that are of greatest importance to our stakeholders and are likely to impact significantly on health outcomes worldwide. The list is updated in real time as reviews are published and new titles added. All of the titles on the list below are...
    17 August 2020
  • e found evidence that there was no difference between the common pain medications in the amount of pain relief achieved.
    Sprains, strains, and bruises are common injuries, and people with these injuries often require pain relief, given as a tablet or capsule that is swallowed (oral). Many types of oral painkillers are available to treat such injuries. The authors wanted to know whether there were any differences in people’s pain, swelling, function, or unwanted side...
    13 August 2020
  • Cochrane is in the final year of its multi-year strategic plan, Strategy to 2020.  Strategy to 2020 has set in motion transformational change in the way Cochrane works at all levels of the organization with the aim of giving us the best chance to achieve our mission.  Watch the video below to see how Strategy to 2020 was developed and change it...
    12 August 2020
  • Cochrane is in the final year of its seven-year strategic plan, Strategy to 2020.  Strategy to 2020 set in motion transformational change in the way Cochrane works at all levels of the organization with the aim of giving us the best chance of achieving our mission. Watch the first in a new video series looking back over the last seven years and...
    12 August 2020
  • Cochrane review informs guidelines on managing histoplasmosis in people living with HIV
     In a new systematic review, an author team from the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group explored the evidence regarding managing histoplasmosis in people with HIV. Their review informed the PAHO/WHO guideline development process. The review authors worked with the guideline development group to formulate key questions, including which antifungal...
    11 August 2020
  • Interventions for acute severe asthma attacks in children: an overview of Cochrane Reviews Asthma is a common childhood illness that is caused by narrowing of the small air passages in the lungs. This narrowing is due to swelling and inflammation and to muscles around the air passages becoming tighter. An acute asthma attack results in shortness...
    7 August 2020
  • Holding of tummy
    What is the effectiveness and safety of treatments commonly available during pandemics for heavy menstrual bleeding? Cochrane authors summarised the available evidence on the effectiveness and safety of treatments for heavy menstrual bleeding which can continue during pandemics.  

    Pandemics impact upon the ability to deliver specialist...
    4 August 2020
  • Improving access to food in low- and middle-income countries
    Community‐level interventions for improving access to food in low‐ and middle‐income countries The number of people who do not have enough to eat in the world has been increasing since 2015. Most of these people live in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), especially in Asia and Africa. Food insecurity is when people do not have physical,...
    29 July 2020
  • Healthcare worker leaning on wall with eyes closed
    Coronavirus (COVID-19): support for wellbeing in the healthcare workforce Many healthcare workers are at the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic, delivering emergency and critical care, while others continue to deliver the broader services of the health system in hospitals, clinics, offices, communities, and homes. Working under difficult and...
    22 July 2020
  • COVID-19
    In medicine, rehabilitation is a multiprofessional process aimed at enhancing and restoring functional ability and quality of life to people with impairments or disabilities. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, rehabilitation focuses on the sequelae of the disease as well as on the impairment due to treatments applied. COVID-19 patients may...
    15 July 2020
  • Featured Review: Induction of labour at or beyond 37 weeks’ gestation
    A normal pregnancy lasts about 40 weeks (the gestation period) from the start of the woman's last menstrual period. If a pregnancy lasts too long, a woman and her clinician may wish to stimulate the woman’s body to begin labour. This is called induction. Babies may be at a greater risk of death, before or shortly after birth, after prolonged...
    15 July 2020
  • Image of raised hands of various ethnicities
    In April 2020, Cochrane launched the COVID-19 consumer rapid response group. Currently, more than 100 people with lived experience related to COVID-19 have joined the group, signing up to offer their time, skills, and experience to get involved with Cochrane’s work on COVID-19 rapid reviews and accommodate limited timelines. Thus far, 18 consumers...
    15 July 2020
  • City of Split award for 2019
    Irena Zakarija Grković, co-director of Cochrane Croatia, and Matko Marušić, head of quality assurance at Cochrane Croatia, both received awards from the city of Split.   The Split City Council, on May 4, 2020, decided that the traditional awards of the city of Split should be given to two members of the Cochrane Croatia. The personal award was...
    8 July 2020
  • Psychological interventions for psychosis in adolescents
    Are psychological interventions effective and safe for adolescents with psychosis? Are there any differences in effect between different psychological interventions? New Cochrane systematic review looks at the available evidence.      Psychosis is a mental illnesses characterised by alterations in thoughts and perceptions as delusions (false...
    8 July 2020

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