MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'cochrane collaboration'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:38:15 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4862546&cid=t_135725_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fno-single-intervention-can-cure-poor-medication-adherence%2F2011.05.25 You are sick with something-or-other and your doctor writes you a prescription for a medication.  She briefly tells you what it’s for and how to take it.  You go to the pharmacy, pick up the medication, go home and follow the instructions, right?  I mean, how hard could it be? Pretty hard, it appears.  Between 20 percent to 80 percent of us – differing by disease and drug – don’t seem to be able to do it. There are, of course, many reasons we aren’t.  Drugs are sometimes too pricey, so we don’t fill the prescription. Or we buy them and then apply our ingenuity to making them last longer by splitting pills and otherwise experimenting with the dosage. Some drugs have to be taken at specific times or under specific conditions, posing little challenge when you are taking only ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4862546 Wed, 25 May 2011 12:00:37 +0100 4862546 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4507279&cid=t_135725_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthink-zinc-for-a-cold-not-me%2F2011.02.22 Media channels are a-twitter with the news that zinc can beat the common cold. CBS News, the LA Times, the Huffington Post, and hundreds of others are treating a quiet research report as big news that will have a life-changing effect. After reading the report and doing a little digging into the dark side of zinc, I’m not rushing out to stock up on zinc lozenges or syrup. The latest hubbub about zinc was sparked by a report from the Cochrane Collaboration. This global network of scientists, patients, and others evaluates the evidence on hundreds of different treatments. In the latest review, on zinc for the common cold, researchers Meenu Singh and Rashmi R. Das pooled the results of 13 studies that tested zinc for treating colds. By their analysis, taking zinc within 24 hours of first no... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4507279 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:00:38 +0100 4507279 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4036590&cid=t_135725_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F10%2F06%2Fhow-will-we-ever-keep-up-with-75-trials-and-11-systematic-reviews-a-day%2F An interesting paper was published in PLOS Medicine [1]. As an information specialist and working part time for the Cochrane Collaboration* (see below), this topic is close to my heart. The paper, published in PLOS Medicine is written by Hilda Bastian and two of my favorite EBM devotees ànd critics, Paul Glasziou and Iain Chalmers. Their article gives [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4036590 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:45:04 +0100 4036590 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3280215&cid=t_135725_167_f&fid=38576&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.drbriffa.com%2Fblog%2F2010%2F02%2F17%2Fno-good-evidence-flu-vaccination-helps-the-elderly%2F Here in the UK it’s cold, and the cold weather tends to bring with it an upsurge in the rates of viral infections such as the common cold and flu. It has been suggested that one reason such infections surge in the winter is because we’re more likely to be cooped up with other people, [...] (Source: Dr John Biffa's Blog) Dr John Biffa's Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3280215 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:32:55 +0100 3280215 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3208305&cid=t_135725_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2F26%2Five-got-good-news-and-ive-got-bad-news%2F If someone tells you: “I’ve got Good News and I’ve got Bad News”, you probably ask this person: “Well, tell me the bad news first!” Laika’s MedLibLog has good and bad news for you. The Bad News is, that this blog didn’t make it to the Finals of the sixth annual Medical Weblog Awards, organized by Medgadget. [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3208305 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:28:01 +0100 3208305 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3204816&cid=t_135725_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2F24%2Fcochrane-evidence-aid-for-catastrophes-like-haitis-earthquake-helping-by-doing-what-we-do-best%2F How it started [1] 2005. December 26th. Someone* working for the Cochrane Collaboration was on the Internet when he accidentally saw the AOL’s home page mentioning a powerful earthquake in the Indian Ocean, triggering a powerful tsunami that swept the coasts of neighboring countries. The story and the horror unfolded over the next hours [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3204816 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:52:12 +0100 3204816 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3035869&cid=t_135725_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F11%2F27%2Ffollowfriday-ff-the-ebm-skeptics-cochranecollab-evidencematters-oracknows-acpinternists%2F FollowFriday is a twitter tradition in which twitter users recommend other users to follow (on Friday) by twittering their name(s), the hashtags #FF or #FollowFriday, and the reason for their recommendation(s). Since the roll out of Twitter lists I add the #FollowFriday Recommendations to a (semi-)permanent #FollowFriday Twitter list: @laikas/followfridays-ff This week I have added 4 people to [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3035869 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:54:01 +0100 3035869 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2984749&cid=t_135725_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F11%2F11%2Frole-of-consumer-networks-in-evidence-based-health-information%2F Guest author: Janet Wale member of the Cochrane Consumer Network People are still struggling with evidence or modern medicine – clinicians, patients, health consumers, carers and the public alike. Part of this is because we always thought medicine was based on quality research, or evidence. It is not only that. For evidence to [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2984749 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:44:31 +0100 2984749 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2908545&cid=t_135725_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F10%2F19%2Fcochrane-colloquium-2009-better-working-relationship-between-cochrane-and-guideline-developers%2F Last week I attended the annual Cochrane Colloquium in Singapore. I will summarize some of the meetings. Here is a summary of an interesting (parallel) special session: Creating a closer working relationship between Cochrane and Guideline Developers. This session was brought together as a partnership between the Guidelines International Network (G-I-N) and The Cochrane Collaboration to [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2908545 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:02:35 +0100 2908545 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2886384&cid=t_135725_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F10%2F12%2Fcochrane-2-0-workshop-at-the-cochrane-colloquium-cc2009%2F Today Chris Mavergames and I held a workshop at the Cochrane Colloquium, entitled:  Web 2.0 for Cochrane (see previous post and abstract of the workshop) First I gave an introduction into Medicine 2.0 and (thus) Web 2.0. Chris, Web Operations Manager and Information Architect of the Cochrane Collaboration, talked more about which Web 2.0 tools [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2886384 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:14:02 +0100 2886384 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2879374&cid=t_135725_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F10%2F10%2Fthis-week-i-will-blog-from%2F Picture taken by Chris Mavergames http://twitpic.com/kxrnl Chris and I will facilitate a web 2.0 workshop for the Cochrane (see here, for all workshops see here). The entire program can be viewed at the Cochrane Colloquium site. Chris Mavergames, Web Operations Manager and Information Architect of the Cochrane Collaboration will also give a plenary presentation entitled: “Cochrane for the Twitter [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2879374 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:54:46 +0100 2879374 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2473156&cid=t_135725_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F06%2F13%2Fcecem-david-tovey-the-cochrane-librarys-first-editor-in-chief%2F This week I was attending another congress, the Continental European Cochrane Entities Meeting (CECEM). This annual meeting is meant for staff from Cochrane Entities, thus Centre Staff, RGC’s (Review Group Coordinators), TSC’s (Trial Search Coordinators) and other staff members of the Cochrane Collaboration based in Continental Europe. CECEM 2009 was held in Maastricht, the beautiful old Roman [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2473156 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:37:02 +0100 2473156 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=765788&cid=t_135725_134_f&fid=35152&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsstrumello.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fare-insulin-analogs-superior-to-regular.html The Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) is an independent scientific institute based in Germany that evaluates the quality and efficiency of healthcare to evaluate pharmaceuticals, surgical procedures, diagnostic tests, clinical practice guidelines and aspects of disease management programs, following the principles of evidence-based medicine. The Institute's primary goal is to contribute to improvements in healthcare in Germany. The basic idea is for IQWiG to be kind of an independent review board to act as a public watchdog group for Germany's nationalized public health system. They accomplish much of this by reviewing the medical literature to ensure that pseudo-science, which is often sponsored and/or published by drug companies, is not allowed to influence publ... Scott's Web Log blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=765788 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:35:00 +0100 765788