XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX CCInfo 24 November 2005 Contents: A. XIV Cochrane Colloquium: Dublin, Ireland B. CDSR now appearing on ISI Web of Science C. Cochrane Fellowships on the island of Ireland 2005 D. New books and articles E. Next issue of CCInfo XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX A. Sender: Caroline Rouse [CRouse@cochrane.co.uk] Subject: XIV Cochrane Colloquium: Dublin, Ireland XIV Cochrane Colloquium 23-26 October 2006 Dublin, Ireland Further information will be available at www.cochrane.co.uk regards Caroline XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX B. Sender: Deborah Pentesco-Gilbert [dpentesc@wiley.co.uk] Subject: State of Emerging Evidence on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Dear all, We have received confirmation today from ISI that Cochrane reviews ( new or substantively updated) published from Issue 1, 2005 are now appearing on the website for the ISI Web of Science. The Web of Science offers access to the ISI Citation Indexes through the ISI Web of Knowledge Platform. The indexes offer information about the output of journals and frequency of citation. Go to http://www.isiknowledge.com where subscribers to the Web of Science (a subscription is required, but most libraries will have access) can now search under Source Title for Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Please contact me if you have any further questions or comments. Best wishes, Deborah Deborah Pentesco-Gilbert Publisher, The Cochrane Library John Wiley & Sons, Ltd The Atrium, Southern Gate Chichester, West Sussex P09 8SQ +44 (0)1243 770693 e-mail: dpentesc@wiley.co.uk www.thecochranelibrary.com XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX C. Sender: Mike Clarke [mclarke@cochrane.co.uk] Subject: Cochrane Fellowships on the island of Ireland 2005 For the fourth year, the Health Research Board in Dublin, Ireland and the Research and Development Office in Belfast, Northern Ireland have awarded Cochrane Fellowships for people on the island of Ireland to work on Cochrane reviews (as advertised in CCInfo on March 17 2005). These Fellowships are for people resident in Northern Ireland or Ireland, who are working in health or social care. The Fellow is provided with protected time on an indicative part-time basis of up to two days per week for up to two years to conduct a Cochrane review. I am pleased to announce that the recipients of this year's awards, their Cochrane reviews and Cochrane Review Groups are Genevieve Becker, Methods of milk expression in lactating women. (Pregnancy and Childbirth) Clodagh Cashman, Alcohol and drug screening of people whose work involves driving to prevent injury. (Injuries) Brendan Dineen, Laser treatment for diabetic retinopathy. (Eyes and Vision) Josephine Hegarty, Watchful waiting versus prostatectomy for prostate cancer. (Prostatic Diseases and Urologic Cancers) Carmel Hughes, Infection control measures and isolation policies for preventing transmission of MRSA. (Wounds) Bernadette Lyons, Botulinum for spasticity or no progressive brain lesion. (Stroke) Malcolm MacLachlan, Psychosocial interventions for physical disability arising from injury. (Injuries) Patrick Manning, Ciclesonide for chronic asthma in adults and children. (Airways) Dierdre Walsh, Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) for acute pain. (Pain, Palliative & supportive Care) XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX D. Sender: Miranda Cumpston [mcumpsto@uottawa.ca] Subject: New books and articles Chapter: State of emerging evidence on CAM Author: Cochrane Complementary Medicine Field Report: Complementary and alternative medicine in the United States Publisher: US Institute of Medicine (IOM) Link: www.iom.edu/report.asp?id=24487 Paper: Cochrane Collaboration and the evolution of evidence Author: William Summerskill Journal: The Lancet Details: Vol 366, November 19, 2005, p.1760 Link: www.thelancet.com XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX E. Sender: Miranda Cumpston [cochrane@uottawa.ca] Subject: Next Issue of CCInfo The next regular issue of CCInfo will be published on Thursday, 8 December 2005. Please submit your items to cochrane@uottawa.ca. When submitting messages for CCInfo, please include "CCInfo" in the subject line of your email so that I can readily identify submissions. Unless you request otherwise, your submissions to the CCInfo may be duplicated in other regular Cochrane Collaboration news channels, such as Cochrane News and the Cochrane Collaboration web site, at the discretion of the editors. Regards, Miranda Miranda Cumpston Education Coordinator The Canadian Cochrane Network and Centre Institute for Work & Health 481 University Ave, Suite 800 Toronto, ON M5G 2E9 Canada Ph: +1 416 927 2027 x2193 Fax: 416 927 4167 Email: cochrane@uottawa.ca http://cochrane.mcmaster.ca XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX _______________________________________________ To subscribe to CCInfo, send an email to listserv@listserv.uottawa.ca with the message "SUBSCRIBE CCINFO-L" (leave the subject line blank). To unsubscribe, send the message “SIGNOFF CCINFO-L”.