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  • Podcast: Lifestyle changes for treating psoriasis
    Psoriasis is a common skin problem and there are several Cochrane Reviews of various ways to treat it. These were added to in July 2019 with the publication of a new review on the potential benefits of lifestyle changes. We asked Professor Ching-Chi Chi from the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taoyuan Taiwan to tell us what they found.Psoriasis is...
    28 November 2019
  • More information on how you can take part!
    It’s only a few days away - Virtual #CochraneSantiago Next week is our first Virtual Colloquium and we are delighted to showcase the fabulous work of hundreds of Cochrane contributors. We look forward to welcoming you Monday 2 December - Friday 6 December and here’s more information on how you can take part and hopefully answer some of your...
    27 November 2019
  • Multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer. It accounts for approximately 2% of all cancers and is still considered incurable. For people with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM), who are unsuitable for a procedure where damaged blood cells are replaced with healthy ones (stem-cell transplant), treatment is usually a multiple drug combination...
    26 November 2019
  • Virtual #CochraneSantiago
    Cochrane’s first virtual Colloquium is happening 2-6 December, 2019. Cochrane’s Colloquium is an annual, global health event based on promoting the most prestigious evidence in the world and where hundreds of international researchers, opinion leaders, health experts and patients join together for open, scientific debate promoting the use of...
    25 November 2019
  • New evidence published in the Cochrane Library today provides further information on the benefits and harms of different human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines and vaccine schedules in young women and men.HPV is the most common viral infection of the reproductive tract in both women and men globally (WHO 2017). Most people who have sexual contact...
    22 November 2019
  • All content will be freely available on the Colloquium website and open to the entire Cochrane Community of members and supporters! Cochrane’s annual flagship event brings together the world’s most influential health researchers, scientists, academics, opinion leaders, clinicians, and patients to promote evidence-informed decision-making. We...
    21 November 2019
  • Hear how people in the oral health field are using Cochrane evidence.
    Cochrane does not make clinical recommendations, instead it provides unbiased and high-quality health evidence so that health decisions, policies, and clinical guidelines can be informed by the best available evidence. ‘Cochrane Evidence in Practice’ series collects stories about clinical professionals using Cochrane evidence - the everyday...
    20 November 2019
  • Cochrane in practice
    Cochrane does not make clinical recommendations, instead it provides unbiased and high-quality health evidence so that health decisions, policies, and clinical guidelines can be informed by the best available evidence. ‘Cochrane Evidence in Practice’ series collects stories about clinical professionals using Cochrane evidence - the everyday...
    20 November 2019
  • Cochrane Common Mental Disorders works in partnership with the Mental Health Foundation. This partnership helps Cochrane to produce evidence that is relevant to people with everyday lived experience of common mental disorders. Our work with the Mental Health Foundation enables us to better understand what matters to people and to improve the ways...
    19 November 2019
  •  Cochrane Indonesia hosted it’s Symposium on 11-17 November 2019, in conjunction with the 2nd International Conference on Clinical Epidemiology.  The theme of the Cochrane Indonesia Symposium was ‘The Role of Evidence Synthesis on Clinical and Health Policy Decisions Making.’ They hosted several workshops and many international speakers including...
    19 November 2019
  • Dr David Sackett was an originator of clinical epidemiology and evidence-based medicine. He contributed extensively to the development of research methods through his books and published articles, as well as through education and lectures at McMaster and around the world. Notably he turned clinical research into a scientifically sound and...
    19 November 2019
  • World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day
    New Cochrane Library Special Collection 20 November 2019 is the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease’s World COPD day. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic lung disease. The main symptoms are shortness of breath, cough, and sputum production. COPD is caused by breathing in noxious particles or gases from...
    19 November 2019
  • Cochrane Crowd are running a citation screening challenge to coincide with the Virtual Cochrane Santiago Colloquium! Help Cochrane Crowd reach 48,000 classifications in 48 hours and be amongst the first to try out the all new, shiny CINAHL task! Details on this and how to join in below.When is it running?
    Start: Wednesday 4th December at 11:...
    13 November 2019
  • The Recommended Dose podcast: Dr Arnav Agarwal, young, recently graduated doctor working in a busy, metropolitan hospital
    Recently graduated doctorThis week, Dr Arnav Agarwal joins Ray to share the perspective and experiences of a young, recently graduated doctor working in a busy, metropolitan hospital. Despite the long shifts and demanding environment, Arnav makes time and space to reflect on work, life and mortality through his thought-provoking poetry and...
    13 November 2019
  • Interview with review author Beverley Lim Høeg, from the Danish Cancer Society Research CenterWhat is the aim of this review?
    More and more people are surviving cancer and receiving follow-up care. The aim of this review was to compare the effectiveness of different types of follow-up care after completion of cancer treatment on the outcomes...
    12 November 2019
  • Cochrane’s Virtual #CochraneSantiago will be held online from 2-6 December 2019
    We are delighted to announce our plans for Cochrane’s Virtual #CochraneSantiago which will be held online from 2-6 December 2019 and open to ALL Cochrane members and supporters. Cochrane’s annual flagship event brings together the world’s most influential health researchers, scientists, academics, opinion leaders, clinicians, and patients to...
    12 November 2019
  • Cochrane recently supported an AllTrials report updating the UK House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee on rates of clinical trial reporting among universities and NHS trusts.The report, which used data from the EU Trials Tracker, updated the Committee on progress since it wrote to UK universities and NHS trusts in January 2019...
    8 November 2019
  • Marion’s stellar career spans five decades of research, teaching, advocacy work and the publication of countless prize-winning books.
    Professor Marion NestleThis week, Ray ventures into the notoriously complex field of nutrition with special guest, Professor Marion Nestle. Named by Forbes as one of the world's most powerful foodies, Marion’s stellar career spans five decades of research, teaching, advocacy work and the publication of countless prize-winning books.Listen to...
    7 November 2019
  • Cochrane Summer School 2019
    Improving Cochrane evidence uptake in clinical practice is a joint goal of Cochrane Neurological Sciences and Cochrane Italy. They have been making progress with their annual Summer Schools. Over a week they gather young doctors to talk about clinical decision making, evidence-based medicine, and the methodology behind Cochrane Reviews. Cochrane...
    7 November 2019
  • A report on Saturated Fats and Health by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) has recently been published by Public Health England using evidence from the Cochrane Heart Group review, Reduction in saturated fat intake for cardiovascular disease.The report from Public Health England considers the relationship between saturated fats...
    6 November 2019

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