Podcasts from The Cochrane Library

International Clinical Trials Day

web@cochrane.org — Sun, 20 May 2012 07:28:38 +0000

International Clinical Trials Day is a celebration of clinical trials. Here is Christian Gluud from Copenhagen in Denmark to describe the reasons for the Day and the importance of patients in research.

See also: www.ecrin.org

Core outcomes

web@cochrane.org — Tue, 15 May 2012 07:36:55 +0000

Global Health Trials

web@cochrane.org — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:53:58 +0000

International Clinical Trials Day celebrates the importance of clinical trials to improving health care. Global Health Trials is an initiative to make it easier to do better trials across the world (www.globalhealthtrials.org). Trudie Lang from the University of Oxford in England describes its work.

See also: Special feature on International Clinical Trials 2012

Recruiting children

web@cochrane.org — Mon, 14 May 2012 08:14:25 +0000

Patient recruitment is one of the main challenges in conducting a clinical trial. Bridget Young from the University of Liverpool in England has been working on a study to help identify solutions for trials with children. She outlines the findings.

Cervical cancer

web@cochrane.org — Mon, 07 May 2012 09:43:50 +0000

Dr. Kevin Pottie will describe the key points of the Cervical cancer review of the Canadian Collaboration for Immigrant and Refugee Health Evidence-based clinical guidelines

Key points

Common mental health problems

web@cochrane.org — Mon, 07 May 2012 09:45:42 +0000

Dr. Laurence J. Kirmayer will describe the key points of the common mental health problems review of the Canadian Collaboration for Immigrant and Refugee Health Evidence-based clinical guidelines

Key points

Contraception

web@cochrane.org — Mon, 07 May 2012 09:46:35 +0000

Dr. Praseedha Janakiram will describe the key points of the Contraception review of the Canadian Collaboration for Immigrant and Refugee Health Evidence-based clinical guidelines

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Depression

web@cochrane.org — Mon, 07 May 2012 09:48:39 +0000

Dr. Laurence J. Kirmayer will describe the key points of the Depression review of the Canadian Collaboration for Immigrant and Refugee Health Evidence-based clinical guidelines

Key points

Hepatitis B

web@cochrane.org — Mon, 07 May 2012 09:49:14 +0000

Dr. Chris Greenaway will describe the key points of the Hepatitis B review of the Canadian Collaboration for Immigrant and Refugee Health Evidence-based clinical guidelines.

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Human immunodeficiency virus

web@cochrane.org — Mon, 07 May 2012 09:50:09 +0000

Dr. Kevin Pottie will describe the key points of the Human immunodeficiency virus review of the Canadian Collaboration for Immigrant and Refugee Health Evidence-based clinical guidelines

Key points

Iron-deficiency anemia

web@cochrane.org — Mon, 07 May 2012 09:50:46 +0000

Dr. Kevin Pottie will describe the key points of the Iron-deficiency anemia review of the Canadian Collaboration for Immigrant and Refugee Health Evidence-based clinical guidelines

Key points

Summary Paper for Evidence-Based Guidelines

web@cochrane.org — Mon, 07 May 2012 09:41:58 +0000

Dr. Kevin Pottie will describe the key points of the Research Summary of the Canadian Collaboration for Immigrant and Refugee Health Evidence-based clinical guidelines

Key points

Tuberculosis

web@cochrane.org — Mon, 07 May 2012 09:52:43 +0000

Dr. Chris Greenaway will describe the key points of the Tuberculosis review of the Canadian Collaboration for Immigrant and Refugee Health Evidence-based clinical guidelines

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Randomised controlled trials using invasive control interventions should be included in Cochrane Reviews

web@cochrane.org — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:27:17 +0000

In response to an editorial suggesting that trials using invasive placebos should be excluded from Cochrane Reviews, David Kallmes and co-authors write their own editorial with an opposing view. Here, David Kallmes, from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester USA, describes why he thinks trials using invasive controls should be included in Cochrane Reviews.

Randomised controlled trials using invasive ‘placebo’ controls are unethical and should be excluded from Cochrane Reviews

web@cochrane.org — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:22:44 +0000

The use of invasive placebo controls in clinical trials is a contentious issue. In an editorial published in the June issue of The Cochrane Library, Allan Cyna and colleagues from the University of Adelaide in South Australia, describe why they think trials using invasive placebos should be excluded from Cochrane Reviews. This editorial is read by Rachel Marshall at the Cochrane Editorial Unit on behalf of the authors.

Competitions and incentives for smoking cessation

web@cochrane.org — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 11:25:03 +0000

Evidence Aid and the disaster response in Pakistan and Haiti

web@cochrane.org — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:18:58 +0000

The Cochrane Library contains many reviews of relevance to the aftermath of natural disasters, which are being brought together in Evidence Aid. This month's Cochrane Library editorial is by Tracey Perez Koehlmoos, Programme Head of the Health and Family Planning Systems Programme at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research in Bangladesh.

Making systematic reviews global by Lisa Bero & Davina Ghersi

web@cochrane.org — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:14:57 +0000

On January 24 2011, the World Health Organization (WHO) executive board awarded The Cochrane Collaboration the status of a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in official relations with the WHO, establishing a partnership with formalised communication between the two organisations.[1] In this editorial we reflect on the importance of this step and the opportunities that it implies...

Phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitors for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

web@cochrane.org — Fri, 13 May 2011 08:23:23 +0000

Pharmaceutical interventions for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, are a hot topic, and Phosphodiesterase 4, or PDE4, inhibitors are possible alternative treatments to existing therapy. Milo Puhan, Associate Professor at the Department of Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and associate editor of the Cochrane Airways Group, describes his thoughts on the Cochrane Review by Jimmy Chong and colleagues.

Reflections on The Cochrane Collaboration

web@cochrane.org — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 07:51:40 +0000

January 1st 2012 saw the death of Professor Alessandro Liberati at the age of 57, from multiple myeloma, shortly after his editorial on the need to re-align patient-oriented and commercial and academic research was published in The Cochrane Library. This podcast contains excerpts from an interview with Alessandro in October 2011, when he described some accomplishments of the Collaboration, a few challenges for its future and how he got involved.

Aromatherapy for treatment of postoperative nausea and vomiting

web@cochrane.org — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 08:31:28 +0000

Many patients who have had surgery will experience nausea or vomit in the following day or two, and a wide
range of interventions have been tried to alleviate this. Sonia Hines from the Queensland Centre for
Evidence-Based Nursing and Midwifery in Australia describes an April 2012 Cochrane Review of the
research into aromatherapy.

Helminths (worms) for allergic rhinitis

web@cochrane.org — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:04:21 +0000

Allergic rhinitis is a common health problem affecting half a billion people worldwide. An April 2012 Cochrane Review examines the evidence for one possible treatment, helminth therapy. Ashley Croft from the Surgeon General’s office in the UK describes what they found.

Helminths (worms) for allergic rhinitis (French version)

web@cochrane.org — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 12:53:52 +0000

La rhinite allergique est un problème de santé fréquent qui touche 500 millions de personnes dans le monde. Une revue Cochrane publiée en avril 2012 examine les données sur un traitement possible : le traitement par l’helminthe. Ashley Croft du Surgeon General’s office au Royaume Uni décrit les résultats trouvés.

Helminths (worms) for allergic rhinitis (Spanish version)

web@cochrane.org — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 12:53:50 +0000

La rinitis alérgica es un problema de salud frecuente que afecta aproximadamente a quinientos millones de personas en todo el mundo. Una revisión Cochrane de abril 2012 evalúa la evidencia de un posible tratamiento, la terapia con parásitos intestinales o helmintos. Ashley Croft, de la Surgeon General's Office, en el Reino Unido, describe sus resultados.

Interventions for female pattern hair loss

web@cochrane.org — Mon, 07 May 2012 09:13:50 +0000

Female pattern hair loss can be a very distressing condition and a new Cochrane Review brings together the available evidence on a wide variety of interventions that have been used to treat it. Ben Carter from Bangor University in Wales summarizes what he and his colleagues have found, and published in The Cochrane Library, in May 2012.

Interventions for female pattern hair loss (Arabic version)

web@cochrane.org — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:17:22 +0000

Interventions for female pattern hair loss (Dutch version)

web@cochrane.org — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:35:51 +0000

Haaruitval bij vrouwen is een vervelende aandoening. Er is zojuist een nieuw Cochrane-review verschenen dat de behandelmogelijkheden voor deze aandoening in kaart brengt. Esther van Zuuren van het Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum in Nederland en haar collega’s hebben hun bevindingen in het mei-nummer van The Cochrane Library gepubliceerd. Luister naar hun bevindingen.

Interventions for female pattern hair loss (Hindi version)

web@cochrane.org — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:35:19 +0000

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Interventions for female pattern hair loss (Portuguese version)

web@cochrane.org — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:20:32 +0000

A perda de cabelos é uma condição muito estressante para as mulheres. Uma nova Revisão Cochrane reúne as evidências científicas disponíveis de uma variedade de intervenções que têm sido utilizadas para seus tratamentos. Regis Andriolo da Universidade do Pará no Brasil, resume o que ele e seus colegas colaboradores encontraram e publicam na edição da Cochrane Library (Biblioteca Cochrane) de maio de 2012.

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Interventions for female pattern hair loss (Spanish version)

web@cochrane.org — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:49:46 +0000

La pérdida de cabello de patrón femenino puede ser una afección muy preocupante, y una nueva Revisión Cochrane reúne la evidencia disponible sobre una amplia variedad de intervenciones que se han utilizado para tratarla. Salomé Planas, del Centro Cochrane Iberoamericano, resume los hallazgos de la revisión, que ha sido publicada en The Cochrane Library en mayo 2012.

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Interventions for female pattern hair loss (Tagalog version)

web@cochrane.org — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:14:41 +0000

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Interventions to improve outcomes in patients with multimorbidity in primary care and community settings

web@cochrane.org — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:26:48 +0000

Many people with chronic disease have more than one illness, which is referred to as multimorbidity. Susan Smith from the Department of General Practice at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland describes a new, April 2012, Cochrane Review which sought out evidence on interventions that might help.

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Interventions to improve outcomes in patients with multimorbidity in primary care and community settings (French version)

web@cochrane.org — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 09:19:22 +0000

Plusieurs personnes affectées par une maladie chronique en ont en fait plus d'une, ce qu'on appelle la multimorbidité. Hassan Soubhi du Département de médecine de famille de l'Université de Sherbrooke au Canada présente une nouvelle revue systématique Cochrane, publiée en avril 2012 et qui présente de
très pertinents résultats relatifs aux interventions en multimorbidité.

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Interventions to improve outcomes in patients with multimorbidity in primary care and community settings (Spanish version)

web@cochrane.org — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:10:34 +0000

Muchas personas con enfermedades crónicas tienen más de una enfermedad, lo cual se denomina multimorbilidad. Susan Smith, del Departamento de Práctica General del Real Colegio de Cirujanos en Irlanda, junto a otros colegas realizó una nueva Revisión Cochrane, publicada en abril 2012, que buscó evidencias sobre intervenciones que pueden ayudar. José Almirall, adjunto al Departamento de Medicina de Familia de la Universidad de Sherbrooke, Canada, describe la revisión.

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Nicotine receptor partial agonists for smoking cessation

web@cochrane.org — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:02:53 +0000

Among the dozens of reviews from the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group, one of the most accessed examines the effects of nicotine receptor partial agonist drugs. This was updated in April 2012, and Kate Cahill from the Group describes the new conclusions.

Physical training for asthma

web@cochrane.org — Mon, 21 May 2012 09:30:29 +0000

One of the distinguishing features of Cochrane Reviews is the ability to update the published documents, sometimes with new researchers taking on the task. In May 2012, one of the many reviews on asthma has been updated in this way by Kristin Carson from The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Adelaide, Australia and colleagues.

Spiritual and religious interventions for adults in the terminal phase of disease

web@cochrane.org — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:57:24 +0000

Caring for patients towards the end of their lives raises many challenges and several Cochrane Reviews bring together evidence that can help. Bridget Candy from the Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Unit at the University College Medical School in London, England outlines the findings from a new addition, in May 2012, which looks at spiritual and religious interventions.

Training health professionals in smoking cessation

web@cochrane.org — Mon, 21 May 2012 09:37:46 +0000

One of the earliest reviews from the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group examined the evidence at that time on training health professionals to help people quit smoking. A new team of researchers from Australia and The Netherlands has updated this review in May 2012. The lead author, Kristin Carson from The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Adelaide describes the latest findings.

Trastuzumab containing regimens for early breast cancer

web@cochrane.org — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:52:13 +0000

Systematic reviews have played a key role in assessing the effects of treatments for women with breast cancer. In a new Cochrane Review in April 2012, Lorenzo Moja from the Department of Public Health at the University of Milan in Italy and colleagues have examined the benefits and harms of the drug Trastuzumab.

Caffeine as an analgesic adjuvant for acute pain in adults

web@cochrane.org — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 09:35:55 +0000

Caffeine is added to many pain killers, and a new Cochrane Review by Andrew Moore from the Nuffield Division of Anaesthetics at the University of Oxford in England and colleagues examines the effects of doing so. Andrew sets the scene and describes the findings.

Cardiotocography versus intermittent auscultation of fetal heart on admission to labour ward for assessment of fetal wellbeing

web@cochrane.org — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:13:05 +0000

Listening to the unborn baby's heart is one way to assess their wellbeing when their mother is in
labour. Declan Devane from the School of Nursing and Midwifery in the National University of Ireland in
Galway describes the February 2012 review comparing two common techniques for doing this.

Centralisation of services for gynaecological cancer

web@cochrane.org — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 08:24:13 +0000

The delivery of health care is often complex, and among the new Cochrane Reviews in March 2012 is one in which the research team examined the effects of the centralisation of care for women with gynaecological cancer. The review's lead author, Professor Yin Ling Woo from the University of Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia describes what they found.

Cognitive stimulation to improve cognitive functioning in people with dementia

web@cochrane.org — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:16:24 +0000

The impact of dementia is a growing concern for patients, families and health services around the world;
raising the importance of finding ways to alleviate its effects. Bob Woods from Bangor University in
Wales is leading a Cochrane Review of cognitive stimulation and describes the latest findings,
published in February 2012.

Cold-water immersion (cryotherapy) for preventing and treating muscle soreness after exercise

web@cochrane.org — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:56:33 +0000

The benefits of exercise are well documented but it can have its downsides, such as sore or stiff muscles. One way to alleviate this might be cryotherapy, or immersion in cold water, and a team of researchers from Northern Ireland and the USA published a new Cochrane Review of the evidence in February 2012. Jini Hetherington from The Cochrane Operations Unit tells us more.

Disposable surgical face masks for preventing surgical wound infection in clean surgery

web@cochrane.org — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:14:13 +0000

We're all familiar with the image of surgeons wearing masks, but what's the evidence? Allyson Lipp and Peggy Edwards from Pontypridd in Wales have been working on the relevant Cochrane Review for more than a decade. Allyson describes the findings in its latest version, from January 2012.

Exercise interventions for smoking cessation

web@cochrane.org — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:23:53 +0000

For many people, now is a time to try to quit smoking. Michael Ussher from St George's University of London England describes a Cochrane Review from January 2012 of whether or not exercise might help.

Follow-up for improving psychological well being for women after a miscarriage

web@cochrane.org — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:34:21 +0000

Alongside the Cochrane Reviews of the effects of interventions to help with the successful culmination of a pregnancy, are reviews of what to do when things go wrong, such as following a miscarriage. Allyson Lipp from Pontypridd in Wales describes a new Cochrane Review from March 2012 looking at the effects that different follow-up strategies have for women who have had a miscarriage.

Intracutaneous or subcutaneous sterile water injection for relieving pain in labour

web@cochrane.org — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:35:23 +0000

The growing collection of Cochrane Reviews of pain relief in labour was added to in January 2012 by a new review of the effects of injecting sterile water into or under the skin. Sheena Derry from the University of Oxford in England describes the need for the review and its findings.

Mobile phone text messaging for promoting adherence to antiretroviral therapy in patients with HIV infection

web@cochrane.org — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:12:37 +0000

There are several Cochrane Reviews of ways to help patients remember to take their medicines. Tara Horvath from the University of California, San Francisco in the USA describes the latest, published in March 2012, which looks specifically at mobile phone text messaging and antiretroviral therapy for patients with HIV infection.
This podcast also available in: Malay

Mobile phone text messaging for promoting adherence to antiretroviral therapy in patients with HIV infection (Malay version)

web@cochrane.org — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:42:30 +0000

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Neuraminidase inhibitors for preventing and treating influenza in healthy adults and children

web@cochrane.org — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:27:59 +0000

In December 2009, the authors of the Cochrane Review on the use of neuraminidase inhibitors for influenza in healthy adults, highlighted doubts about the quality of the evidence of this class of drug. In January 2012, they have updated the review and combined it with the Cochrane Review of the effects in children. Tom Jefferson from the Cochrane Acute Respiratory Infections Group in Roma Italy and Peter Doshi from Johns Hopkins University in the USA tell us what they found. We hear first from Tom.

Pain management for women in labour: an overview of systematic reviews

web@cochrane.org — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:24:26 +0000

As the number of Cochrane Reviews rises, so does the need to bring together the findings of individual reviews into overviews. This is particularly true in the area of pregnancy and childbirth and Leanne Jones, from the Liverpool-based Cochrane Review Group responsible for this large body of evidence, describes their March 2012 overview of pain management during labour.

Paying for performance to improve the delivery of health interventions in low and middle-income countries

web@cochrane.org — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:49:53 +0000

Some Cochrane Reviews explore the effects of different strategies for delivering health care. Sophie Witter from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland describes the findings of a new review from February 2012, into the impact of paying for performance on the delivery of interventions in low and middle-income countries.
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Paying for performance to improve the delivery of health interventions in low and middle-income countries (Norwegian version)

web@cochrane.org — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:28:17 +0000

Noen Cochrane oversikter belyser virkningene av forskjellige strategier for levering av helsetjenester. Atle Fretheim fra Kunnskapssenteret oppsummerer funnene i en ny oversikt fra februar 2012, om virkningene av resultatbasert finansiering på levering av helsetjenester i lav- og mellominntektsland.
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Pycnogenol for the treatment of chronic disorders

web@cochrane.org — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:55:46 +0000

Some traditional remedies are used for a wide range of illnesses and the resulting Cochrane Reviews cut across many diseases. Jimmy Volmink from Stellenbosch University in South Africa describes one such review from February 2012, examining the effects of Pycnogenol.

Self-monitoring of blood glucose in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who are not using insulin

web@cochrane.org — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:12:44 +0000

There is an increasing move towards self-monitoring of health conditions by patients. Uriell Malanda from Amsterdam in the Netherlands describes the updated evidence on self-monitoring of blood glucose in type 2 diabetes, published in a Cochrane Review in January 2012.

Issue 10 round-up

web@cochrane.org — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:49:04 +0000

John Hilton from the Cochrane Editorial Unit introduces the October 2011 round-up of what's new on The Cochrane Library.

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Issue 11 round-up

web@cochrane.org — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:46:25 +0000

John Hilton from the Cochrane Editorial Unit introduces the November 2011 round-up of what's new on The Cochrane Library.

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Issue 12 round-up

web@cochrane.org — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:20:36 +0000

John Hilton from the Cochrane Editorial Unit introduces the December 2011 round-up of what's new on The Cochrane Library. This round-up features an updated review of interventions to prevent obesity in children, and an editorial on how to develop research recommendations from Cochrane Reviews.

Cognitive reframing for carers of people with dementia

web@cochrane.org — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:08:36 +0000

The challenges of dementia extend to the people providing care for the person affected and the search for effective strategies to help them is an important one. A new Cochrane Review in November 2011 brings together the evidence on one element of the psychosocial interventions that might be used. Myrra Vernooij-Dassen (top) from the University Medical Centre Nijmegen in the Netherlands outlines the findings of the review she has done with Irena Draskovic (below), Jenny McCleery and Murna Downs.

Exercise for improving balance in older people

web@cochrane.org — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:25:45 +0000

Some of the best read reviews in The Cochrane Library provide evidence on ways to prevent falls in older people. Tracey Howe from Glasgow Caledonian University and Glasgow City of Science in the UK tells us about the November 2011 update of one of them, looking at ways to improve balance.

Human albumin solution for resuscitation and volume expansion in critically ill patients

web@cochrane.org — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:25:14 +0000

One of the updated Cochrane Reviews from October 2011 examines the use of human albumin for critically ill patients. One of the authors, Ian Roberts from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in England, summarises the latest evidence.

Interventions for preventing obesity in children

web@cochrane.org — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:08:39 +0000

Obesity is a growing problem around the world and an updated Cochrane Review in December 2011
summarizes the evidence on interventions to prevent obesity in children. Elizabeth Waters from the
University of Melbourne in Australia describes the latest findings.

Low versus high haemoglobin concentration threshold for blood transfusion for preventing morbidity and mortality in very low birth weight infants

web@cochrane.org — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:51:33 +0000

Premature babies are vulnerable and often require intensive care to survive. This might include blood transfusion to treat anaemia. In November 2011, Robin Whyte and Haresh Kirpalani published their Cochrane Review of the use of different hemoglobin thresholds for triggering a blood transfusion in very low birth weight babies. Robin, who works at the Department of Neonatal Pediatrics in Halifax Nova Scotia in Canada tells us more.

Methods for obtaining unpublished data

web@cochrane.org — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:50:56 +0000

Cochrane methodology reviews provide an evidence base for the conduct of systematic reviews and other research. Taryn Young from Stellenbosch University in South Africa tells us about one on obtaining unpublished data, which she has done with Sally Hopewell from the Centre for Statistics in Medicine in Oxford England, that was published in November 2011.

Issue 7 round-up

web@cochrane.org — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 08:21:23 +0000

Rachel Marshall from the Cochrane Editorial Unit introduces the July 2011 round-up of what's new on The Cochrane Library. This month's round-up features Cochrane Reviews on comprehensive geriatric assessment, exercise for osteoporosis in postmenopausal women, rapid diagnostic tests for malaria, and reduced or modified dietary fat for preventing cardiovascular disease.

Issue 8 round-up

web@cochrane.org — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:01:08 +0000

Rachel Marshall from the Cochrane Editorial Unit introduces the August 2011 round-up of what's new on The Cochrane Library. This month's round-up features Cochrane Reviews on music therapy in people with cancer, aspirin for in vitro fertilisation, and psychosocial interventions for premature ejaculation.

Issue 9 round-up

web@cochrane.org — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:40:14 +0000

Rachel Marshall from the Cochrane Editorial Unit introduces the September 2011 round-up of what's new on The Cochrane Library. This month's round-up features Cochrane Reviews on fortification of foods with micronutrients for young children, antiemetics for vomiting in acute gastroenteritis, ways to help people to remember to take their tablets, repairing water-damaged buildings for preventing chest conditions, and oral analgesics for acute postoperative pain.

Antiemetics for reducing vomiting related to acute gastroenteritis in children and adolescents

web@cochrane.org — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 07:19:01 +0000

Childhood vomiting is distressing for both the child and their parents. Ben Carter from Cardiff University in the United Kingdom is an author on the latest in the regular series of updates of a Cochrane review of the effects of antiemetics for vomiting associated with acute gastroenteritis, which was published in September 2011.

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Antiemetics for reducing vomiting related to acute gastroenteritis in children and adolescents (Arabic version)

web@cochrane.org — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 08:59:09 +0000

يعتبر التقيوء لدى الاطفال من الامور المزعجة لكل من الطفل وأبويه. تتحدث الدكتورة أماني الهاجري استشارية طب العائلة والامراض الوراثية في مجمع السلمانية الطبي ومنسقة برنامج البحث اليدوي لمركز كوكرن بالبحرين عن آخر تحديث لمراجعة كوكرن المنهجية لاستخدام الادوية المضادة للتقيوء في حالات التهاب المعدة والامعاء لدى الاطفال والتي تم اصدارها في سبتمبر2011

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Antiemetics for reducing vomiting related to acute gastroenteritis in children and adolescents (Chinese version)

web@cochrane.org — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 09:05:19 +0000

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Antiemetics for reducing vomiting related to acute gastroenteritis in children and adolescents (Dari version)

web@cochrane.org — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 09:06:58 +0000

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Antiemetics for reducing vomiting related to acute gastroenteritis in children and adolescents (Dutch version)

web@cochrane.org — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 07:48:07 +0000

Braken van een kind is zowel stressvol voor het kind als voor de ouders. Esther van Zuuren van het Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum Leiden vertelt over de laatste update van een Cochrane review over anti-emetica voor braken ten gevolge van gastro-enteritis welke in September 2011 gepubliceerd werd.

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Antiemetics for reducing vomiting related to acute gastroenteritis in children and adolescents (Hindi version)

web@cochrane.org — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 09:00:06 +0000

बच्चों की उलटी, बच्चे और माता पिता दोनों के लिए चिंताजनक है l यहाँ, बहरैन के हेल्त मिनिस्ट्री के मेडिकल रिसेर्चेर , रेशमा कार्लो, तीव्र आंत्रशोथ संभंधित उल्टी के उपचार के लिए एंटी-एमेटिक्स की प्रभावशीलता का उल्लेख करने वाले कोख्रैन विचारपत्र के नए अद्यतन पर बात कर रहीं हैं, जो सितम्बर में प्रकाशित किया गया हैl

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Aspirin for in vitro fertilisation

web@cochrane.org — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 08:18:00 +0000

Aspirin has a growing reputation as a drug for many conditions. Harry Siristatidis from the Attikon University Hospital in Athens Greece has led the update of a Cochrane review examining its use for in vitro fertilization, which was published in August 2011.

Comprehensive geriatric assessment for older adults admitted to hospital

web@cochrane.org — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:13:33 +0000

Among the large challenges to be met by global healthcare in the 21st century are the increasing needs of the growing older population. A team of researchers from Scotland and Ireland published a new Cochrane review in July 2011 looking at one targeted intervention which might help: comprehensive geriatric assessment on admittance to hospital. Graham Ellis from Monklands Hospital in Airdrie, Scotland describes their findings.

Exercise for preventing and treating osteoporosis in postmenopausal women

web@cochrane.org — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 07:57:32 +0000

Among the first few hundred Cochrane reviews to get started was one looking at the effects of exercise on osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. Tracey Howe from Glasgow Caledonian University in the UK joined the team for the latest update, which has been published in July 2011.

Home fortification of foods with multiple micronutrient powders for health and nutrition in children under two years of age

web@cochrane.org — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 07:40:59 +0000

The World Health Organisation has supported several Cochrane Reviews in nutrition, in order to inform global recommendations. September 2011 sees the publication of one of these, and Luz Maria De-Regil from the WHO’s Department of Nutrition for Health and Development in Geneva Switzerland summarises the findings for home fortification of foods with micronutrient powders in children.

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Home fortification of foods with multiple micronutrient powders for health and nutrition in children under two years of age (Spanish version)

web@cochrane.org — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 07:42:01 +0000

La Organización Mundial de la Salud ha apoyado varias revisiones Cochrane sobre nutrición, con el fin de elaborar recomendaciones mundiales. En Septiembre de 2011 se ha publicado una de ellas y Luz María De-Regil, del Departamento de Nutrición para la Salud y el Desarrollo de la OMS, en Ginebra (Suiza), resume los resultados sobre fortificación de la alimentación casera con micronutrientes en polvo para los niños.

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Music interventions for improving psychological and physical outcomes in cancer patients

web@cochrane.org — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 13:40:41 +0000

The August 2011 batch of new Cochrane reviews includes the latest in a programme of research on music therapy. The review looks at the effects for patients with cancer and Joke Bradt, from Drexel University in Philadelphia, USA describes the work she has done with colleagues in the USA, Australia and India.

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Oxytocin versus no treatment or delayed treatment for slow progress in the first stage of spontaneous labour

web@cochrane.org — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 07:52:40 +0000

A team of researchers from Nottingham in England published a new Cochrane review in July 2011 on the effects of using the drug oxytocin for a woman whose labour is progressing slowly. One of the authors, Jim Thornton from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the University of Nottingham, tells us what they found.

Psychosocial interventions for premature ejaculation

web@cochrane.org — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 13:33:46 +0000

Researchers in Brazil and the USA published a new Cochrane Review in July 2011 of studies examining the effects of psychosocial interventions for men who experience premature ejaculation. Tamara Melnik from the Brazilian Cochrane Center in São Paulo describes their findings.
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Psychosocial interventions for premature ejaculation (Portuguese version)

web@cochrane.org — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 13:45:15 +0000

Pesquisadores do Brasil e do EUA publicaram uma nova revisão Cochrane em julho de 2011 avaliando os efeitos das intervenções psicossociais no tratamento da ejaculação precoce. Tamara Melnik do Centro Cochrane do Brasil descreve os achados.
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Rapid diagnostic tests for diagnosing uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria in endemic countries

web@cochrane.org — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 13:03:35 +0000

Cochrane diagnostic test accuracy reviews examine the different ways to diagnose a condition. Katharine Abba from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in the UK describes one of these reviews, which was published in July 2011, looking at rapid tests for malaria.

Reduced or modified dietary fat for preventing cardiovascular disease

web@cochrane.org — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 08:27:32 +0000

The links between diet and heart disease have been explored by many researchers. The latest update of a Cochrane review in July 2011, brings together a large amount of evidence on saturated fats. Robin Darrah of Loughborough University spoke with the lead reviewer, Lee Hooper, from the University of East Anglia in the UK, about the research and its implications.

Remediating buildings damaged by dampness and mould for preventing or reducing respiratory tract symptoms, infections and asthma

web@cochrane.org — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 07:42:26 +0000

Although most Cochrane reviews look at the effects of interventions that are taken directly by people, some, such as a September 2011 review from a team of researchers in Finland, examine the impact on people of actions on other things. The review assesses the effects of the renovation of buildings damaged by water on the respiratory problems experienced by people who live and work in them. Jini Hetherington from The Cochrane Collaboration Secretariat describes the review.

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Remediating buildings damaged by dampness and mould for preventing or reducing respiratory tract symptoms, infections and asthma (Finnish version)

web@cochrane.org — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 08:20:27 +0000

Vaikka useimmat Cochrane-katsaukset tarkastelevat ihmisiin kohdistuvien toimenpiteiden vaikutuksia, jotkut tutkivat sellaisten toimien vaikutuksia, jotka kohdistuvat muihin asioihin. Uusi katsaus syyskuussa 2011 arvioikin vesivaurioita kärsineiden rakennuksien saneerauksen vaikutuksia hengitysongelmiin ihmisillä, jotka asuvat ja työskentelevät tällaisissa taloissa. Riitta Sauni Suomen Työterveyslaitokselta kertoo lisää.

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Reminder packaging for improving adherence to self-administered long-term medications

web@cochrane.org — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 07:18:03 +0000

Cochrane reviews highlight the beneficial effects of many different medicines for a variety of illnesses, but we also know that lots of people don’t always take their medication exactly as it was prescribed. Kamal Mahtani from the Department of Primary Health Care at the University of Oxford in England is one of the authors on the September 2011 update of a review looking at the effects of specific types packaging to help people to remember to take their tablets as prescribed.

Single dose oral analgesics for acute postoperative pain in adults

web@cochrane.org — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 07:40:30 +0000

As the number of Cochrane reviews increases, so does the need for overviews in which the evidence from a collection of reviews on a particular topic is brought together in a single document. Andrew Moore from the Nuffield Division of Anaesthetics at the University of Oxford in England describes such an overview, which was published in September 2011 and is the culmination of a project tackling the research on a large series of pain relieving drugs.

Vitamin D supplementation for prevention of mortality in adults

web@cochrane.org — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:53:37 +0000

A lack of Vitamin D has been associated with various health problems and a Cochrane review from July
2011 examines the evidence on whether supplementation with this vitamin might have health benefits.
Goran Bjelakovic from the University of Nis in Serbia and The Copenhagen Trial Unit in Denmark led the
review and describes the findings.

Issue 4 round-up

web@cochrane.org — Tue, 10 May 2011 09:42:58 +0000

John Hilton from the Cochrane Editorial Unit describes new and updated reviews, editorials and special collections on The Cochrane Library this month and introduces this complete set of Issue 4 podcasts.

Issue 5 round-up

web@cochrane.org — Fri, 13 May 2011 08:35:44 +0000

Rachel Marshall from the Cochrane Editorial Unit provides the May round-up of The Cochrane Library.

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Issue 6 round-up

web@cochrane.org — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 07:25:19 +0000

John Hilton from the Cochrane Editorial Unit introduces the June 2011 round-up of what's new on The Cochrane Library. This month's round-up features new Cochrane Reviews on palliative care, diabetes and heart disease.

Amphetamines for ADHD in adults

web@cochrane.org — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:49:30 +0000

One of the possible treatments for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is the amphetamine group of
drugs. The research evidence was brought together in a Cochrane review in June 2011, and the findings are
described here by Xavier Castells from the University of Girona in Spain.

Community wide interventions for increasing physical activity

web@cochrane.org — Tue, 10 May 2011 07:59:01 +0000

If the amount of physical activity in a society increased, it should improve public health; but uncertainties remain about how to achieve this. Philip Baker from the Queensland University of Technology and Queensland Health in Australia describes a new review from the April 2011 issue of The Cochrane Library of the evidence on community-wide interventions.

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Community wide interventions for increasing physical activity - Chinese version

web@cochrane.org — Tue, 31 May 2011 07:24:35 +0000

如果一个社会的体力活动水平提高，善该社会的公共卫生可随之改善，但如何实现该目标还存在很多不确定性。来自昆士兰科技大学和昆士兰卫生部的Philip Baker博士对2011年4月发表于Cochrane图书馆的，关于社区干预措施的一项新综述进行了介绍。
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Competitions and incentives for smoking cessation

web@cochrane.org — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:38:47 +0000

The Cochrane Library contains a strong collection of reviews from the Tobacco Addiction Group on interventions to help smokers quit. Kate Cahill, former Managing Editor of the Group at the University of Oxford in England, describes an updated review on the effects of competitions and incentives.

Consumer-oriented interventions for evidence-based prescribing and medicines use: an overview of systematic reviews

web@cochrane.org — Mon, 09 May 2011 07:47:00 +0000

As the number of systematic reviews increases, a new type of Cochrane review is appearing which summarises the evidence from a collection of reviews. Sophie Hill, Coordinating Editor of the Cochrane Consumers and Communication Group, describes one such Cochrane overview which examines the evidence on consumer-oriented interventions for evidence-based prescribing and medicines use and was published in May 2011.

Interventions for encouraging sexual behaviours intended to prevent cervical cancer

web@cochrane.org — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:13:30 +0000

In discussions of strategies for reducing the incidence of cervical cancer, those aimed at encouraging sexual behaviours intended to prevent it tend to be overlooked. The April 2011 update of a Cochrane review examines the evidence for these interventions. Lead author, Jonathan Shepherd from the Southampton Health Technology Assessments Centre in England describes the findings.

Interventions for supporting informal caregivers of patients in the terminal phase of a disease

web@cochrane.org — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:53:53 +0000

The June 2011 issue of The Cochrane Library sees the publication of a new Cochrane review relevant to palliative care, which approaches this from the perspective of the caregivers for the person at the end of their life. Bridget Candy from the Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Unit, at the Royal Free & University College Medical School in London England describes the findings.