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Registration now open for the 2026 Cochrane Colloquium in Kraków!
17 Fevereiro 2026
Get ready! The global evidence community is coming together in Kraków this December, and registration is officially open. This year’s Colloquium, Cochrane Evidence: Living, Trusted, Transformed, is set to be one of the most energising and future shaping gatherings Cochrane has ever hosted…
Evidence behind intermittent fasting for weight loss fails to match hype
16 Fevereiro 2026
Intermittent fasting is unlikely to lead to greater weight loss in overweight or obese adults than traditional dietary advice or doing nothing, a new Cochrane review finds.
Nurses match doctors in delivering hospital care
12 Fevereiro 2026
Nurses can safely deliver many services traditionally performed by doctors, with little to no difference in deaths, safety events, or how patients felt about their health, according to a new Cochrane review. In some cases, nurse-led care even outperformed doctor-led care.
Leadership and mentorship in women’s health and science
11 Fevereiro 2026
For more than a century, women at Cornell have been pioneering advances in evidence-based science, nutrition, and health. Julia Finkelstein describes why she is proud of this legacy and how this has inspired her to mentor the next generation of leaders in the field.
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