Cochrane in the news: December 2016

A round-up of selected recent coverage citing, discussing, and presenting health evidence - updated throughout the month.

 

 

 

Authors of recent Cochrane Review on automated telephone systems in preventing and managing long-term health condition were interviewed in M.D. Alert.

The M.D. Alert article

Medical Express reports on new Cochrane Review about automated telephone systems in preventing and managing long-term health condition.

The Medical Express article

Cochrane Review featured in MailOnline write-up about breastfeeding.

General practice publication The Pulse discusses Cochrane Review on non-medical prescribing versus medical prescribing for acute and chronic disease management.

The Pulse article

The 1 December episode of the Freakonomics Radio podcast, entitled 'Bad Medicine, Part 1: The Story of 98.6' discusses the history of medicine and the emergence of the evidence-based movement (Lisa Bero and Iain Chalmers speaking about Cochrane from min 23).

The Pulse article

NHS Choices cite Cochrane evidence in their discussion of costly add-in treatments offered by fertility clinics to increase the chance of a birth through IVF.

The NHS Choices article

The work of Cochrane Oral Health was highlighted in Fall/Winter 2016 Canadian Dental Hygienists Association’s members’ magazine.

Canadian Dental Hygienists Association’s members’ magazine

 

 

 

Wednesday, December 7, 2016