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🫀 Today is World Heart Day. To celebrate, we picked out a handful of impactful Cochrane reviews on heart health. See them below – 🧵

Are antihistamines helpful for colds? 💊 Maybe in the short term. A Cochrane review looked at 18 trials to see if antihistamines can help alleviate the symptoms of a common cold. Discover what they found: www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....

"Systematic reviews are only as credible as the studies they include" INSPECT-SR was published yesterday, giving concrete guidance on how to exclude untrustworthy studies. Cochrane's statement: www.cochrane.org/about-us/new... Article: www.cochrane.org/about-us/new... Guidance: inspect-sr.com

This session of our GRADE Learning Live series will introduce the structured and practical GRADE approach for integrating (or not integrating) RCTs and NRSIs in evidence syntheses. Join us to learn more! 📆 October 5, 10:00 - 11:30 UTC 🔗 www.cochrane.org/events/grade... #EvidenceSynthesis

Dr Karla Soares-Weiser, @cochrane.org, at #JBIiGNITE: "The future of evidence synthesis depends not simply on producing more information, but on maintaining the trust that makes evidence useful." #EBHC

INSPECT-SR – a tool for assessing the trustworthiness of randomized controlled trials – has been published today in @bmj.com, giving researchers a structured way to identify problematic studies before they're included in systematic reviews. 🔗 www.cochrane.org/about-us/new... #ResearchIntegrity

What have Cochrane’s Methods Groups been up to this year? Discover the highlights from some of our groups below, or see all the reports here: www.cochrane.org/about-us/new...

A new Cochrane review analyzing 110 trials (48,919 participants) found that multifactorial interventions may slightly reduce falls and recurrent falls compared with usual care, but offer no additional benefit over falls education and advice. 🔗 www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....

Great to see Cochrane evidence cited in the @theguardian.com today! 🦷 You can check our our 2014 review on electric toothbrushes here 👉 www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....

The rise of Big Toothbrush: how did our mouths become such a lucrative market?

People in the UK are more interested in oral health than ever - and you can now buy prebiotic toothpastes and brushes that cost up to £600. Yet we remain in the midst of a serious dental crisis

theguardian.com

Personalised programmes designed to reduce falls in older people may actually make no difference to how often people fall. A Cochrane review found that programmes tailored to individual risk probably make no difference to how often people fall or the risk of falling. https://ow.ly/Nrho50ZPzRm

Exercise-based #CardiacRehabilitation reduces hospital admissions by a third and heart attack risk by more than a quarter, as well as remaining beneficial in the long term, a new Cochrane review finds❤️ @uofgnews.bsky.social @uofgmvls.bsky.social www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

Cardiac rehabilitation cuts hospital admissions and heart attack risk

Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation reduces hospital admissions by a third and heart attack risk by more than a quarter, as well as remaining beneficial in the long term, a new Cochrane review finds

gla.ac.uk

The What Works Crowd is here — a new community science initiative from What Works Climate Solutions, built with @cochrane.org and featuring our latest task — with the Global Adaptation Mapping Initiative (GAMI). #climatesolutions 🔗: crowd.whatworksclimate.solutions

Emergency contraception containing mifepristone prevents more pregnancies with fewer side effects than some other common emergency contraceptive pills such as levonorgestrel, according to a new Cochrane review from @ohsunews.bsky.social. 🔗 www.cochrane.org/about-us/new...

A new Cochrane review finds that exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation reduces hospital admissions and heart attack risk. The evidence also showed that home-based and digitally supported programmes can be just as effective as traditional centre-based services. 🔗 www.cochrane.org/about-us/new...

How can systematic review authors ensure they’re measuring what matters? Join our webinar with Dr Sarah Gorst (liverpooluni.bsky.social) to find out. Learn how core outcome sets can improve outcome selection, consistency, and highlight gaps. Register: www.cochrane.org/events/measu...

📣 We’re proud to share the latest Cochrane Methods Report, showcasing the incredible work of our global methods community in advancing evidence synthesis. Read the full report: www.cochrane.org/about-us/new...

Show your support for World Evidence-Based Healthcare Day! Get active on social media by downloading the social media toolkit to help spread the word! Don’t forget to tag @worldebhcday.bsky.social and use the hashtag #WorldEBHCDay. Download at worldebhcday.org/social-media...

NEWS: Vapes help more people quit smoking than other methods, Oxford-led Cochrane review finds @oxprimarycare.bsky.social review finds nicotine e-cigarettes are more effective than nicotine patches and gum. https://www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/news/vapes-help-more-people-quit-smoking-cochrane-review

Climate and health research is growing rapidly, but finding the right evidence remains a challenge 🌱🔍 Our latest paper introduces validated MEDLINE search filters for climate-health exposure pathways, enabling sensitive evidence retrieval. 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

How can online learning strengthen face-to-face systematic review training? The University of Southern Denmark shows how Cochrane Interactive Learning helps students arrive better prepared and ready to engage. www.cochrane.org/about-us/new...

What is the best way to manage MRSA infections in people with cystic fibrosis? A new Cochrane review found limited evidence to guide treatment decisions and no evidence that routine antibiotic treatment is effective. 🔗 www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.... #IDSky #MedSky

The @whatworksclimate.bsky.social Summit is open for abstracts! Taking place in Cape Town from 13–16 April 2027, the Summit is looking for rigorous, real-world evidence on what works in climate policy and practice. 📋 Call for abstracts: whatworksclimate.solutions/summit-2027/...

Call for Abstracts - What Works

What Works Climate Solutions Summit 2027 Call for abstracts The climate crisis does not wait—and neither can the evidence needed to tackle it. As we confront the urgencies of a warming planet, there…

whatworksclimate.solutions

Not all health questions can be answered the same way. This is why multiple types of evidence synthesis exist. Join our webinar, which will provide an overview of the #EvidenceSynthesis family and help you select the most appropriate method. Sign up here: www.cochrane.org/events/meet-...

🏃‍♀️ Can physical activity help adolescents with obesity? A review involving 1,508 young people found that physical activity may lead to small reductions in body weight, waist circumference and body fat percentage, compared with no physical activity. 🔗 www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....

How effective is cold water immersion (cryotherapy) for preventing and treating muscle soreness? A 2012 Cochrane review found some evidence that cryotherapy reduces muscle soreness, but study quality was low, and did not assess side effects. Read more here👉️ www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....

Cochrane is updating our expectations for how results data are managed in intervention reviews, making study centric data and automatic analyses the expected approach for all new reviews. 🔗 www.cochrane.org/about-us/new... #EvidenceSynthesis

A new Cochrane review finds very low-quality evidence on lumbar supports for chronic low back pain, meaning that no strong recommendations can be made either for or against their use. 🔗 www.cochrane.org/about-us/new...

Share your stories, experiences & reflections on the role of AI in #EBHC. Contribute a short video/podcast as part of the #WorldEBHCDay campaign! Videos can be up to 3 minutes, submitted in any language, & created individually or as a team: worldebhcday.org/get-involved @worldebhcday.bsky.social

In her first editorial as Editor in Chief, Rupa Sarkar reflects on the role Cochrane must play, not only as a producer of systematic reviews, but as an organization that actively defends the quality, integrity, and use of evidence. Read more: www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....