Oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs compared with other oral pain killers for sprains, strains and bruises
Soft tissue injuries are common and one of the Cochrane Reviews of their treatment was updated in August 2020 to assess the effects of different types of pain killer. Here's Peter Jones from Auckland City Hospital in New Zealand to outline the latest findings. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - November 5, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
What factors influence a person's decision whether or not to take part in a randomised trial?
One of the most used Cochrane Methodology Reviews looks at the effects of interventions intended to boost recruitment to randomised trials. In October 2020, this was supplemented by a qualitative evidence synthesis of factors that impact on a person ’s decision to join a trial. We asked the lead author, Catherine Houghton from the National University of Galway in Ireland to outline the findings. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - November 5, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
What factors influence a person's decision whether or not to take part in a randomised trial?
One of the most used Cochrane Methodology Reviews looks at the effects of interventions intended to boost recruitment to randomised trials. In October 2020, this was supplemented by a qualitative evidence synthesis of factors that impact on a person ’s decision to join a trial. We asked the lead author, Catherine Houghton from the National University of Galway in Ireland to outline the findings. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - November 5, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
What we can learn from a mass of black hole mergers, and ecological insights from 30 years of Arctic animal movements
First up, host Sarah Crespi talks with Staff Writer Adrian Cho about new gravitational wave detections from the first half of 2019 —including 37 new black hole mergers. With so many mergers now recorded, astrophysicists can do different kinds of research into things like how new pairs of black holes come to be and how often they merge.
Sarah also talks with Sarah Davidson, data curator at the Max Planck Institute of Animal B ehavior, about results from an Arctic animal tracking project that includes 3 decades of location information on many species, from soaring golden eagles to baby caribou taking their first steps. Th...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - November 3, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts
Do blood thinners prevent people who are hospitalised with COVID-19 from developing blood clots?
Cochrane is preparing a series of rapid reviews to help decision makers with their response to COVID-19. In October 2020, we published the findings on the effects of anticoagulants and lead author, Ronald Flumignan from the Federal University of Sao Paulo in Brazil describes what they found in this podcast. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - October 30, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
How effective is screening for COVID-19?
Screening programmes are in place for many conditions and the COVID-19 pandemic has led to discussions of whether people should be screened for SARS-CoV-2, which is the virus that causes COVID-19. A Cochrane rapid review from September 2020 looks at the evidence for universal screening and we asked lead author, Meera Viswanathan from RTI International in the USA to describe the findings in this podcast. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - October 27, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorder
Borderline personality disorder is a severe mental disorder, which has a substantial impact on the lives of patients and those around them. A variety of psychological therapies have been tried and, in May 2020, the latest evidence on these was brought together in a Cochrane Review. We asked one of the authors, Mie Sedoc J ørgensen from Region Zealand Psychiatry in Denmark, to tell us what it shows. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - October 26, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Is plasma from people who have recovered from COVID-19 an effective treatment for people with COVID-19?
Cochrane is producing a series of reviews to help decision makers respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and is keeping these up to date as new evidence emerges. In October 2020, we published our second update of the review of convalescent plasma and hyperimmune immunoglobulin and we asked its lead author, Khai Li Chai from Monash University in Australia, to tell us about the latest findings. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - October 20, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
How effective is pelvic floor muscle training undertaken during pregnancy or after birth for preventing or treating incontinence?
Many women suffer from incontinence during or after pregnancy, and pelvic muscle exercises are one way to help. An updated Cochrane Review in May 2020 presents the evidence from 46 trials and we asked two of the authors, Stephanie Woodley and Jean Hay-Smith from the University of Otago in New Zealand, to tell us about the latest findings. Here ’s Stephanie to begin. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - October 9, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
