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Thursday, April 17, 2014

Cochrane Reviews has Relaunched their Blog called Evidently Cochrane

The Cochrane Collaboration has relaunched their new and improved blog called Evidently Cochrane! After blogging about over 200 Cochrane reviews during the last eighteen months, the blog has proven very popular gaining a wide and growing audience. I think you will agree that the engaging and colorful format draws you in, in a manner similar to Pintrest!

But what are Cochrane reviews?

"Cochrane Reviews are systematic reviews of primary research in human health care and health policy, and are internationally recognized as the highest standard in evidence-based health care. They investigate the effects of interventions for prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. They also assess the accuracy of a diagnostic test for a given condition in a specific patient group and setting. They are published online in The Cochrane Library."

Here are UMHS in St. Kitts we have access to The Cochrane Library through the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Cochrane Virtual Health Library (VHL).

Learn more about Evidently Cochrane: Sharing Health Evidence You Can Trust by clicking on the embedded link and enjoy the blog!

Learn more about Cochrane and systematic reviews by trying out these learning modules which illustrate real life dementia research examples.

Labels: blogs, Cochrane Collaboration, Cochrane Library, Cochrane Systematic Reviews, evidence-based medicine, medical blog, systematic reviews

Friday, July 12, 2013

Circulating Now: New History of Medicine Blog

The History of Medicine Division at the National Library of Medicine (NLM) has launched a new blog entitled Circulating Now. The goal is to "encourage exploration and discovery of one of the world’s largest and most treasured history of medicine collections".

Circulating Now
will being with a series of posts about NLM’s and others’ medical history collections by focusing on a particular historical event of significance to the history of medicine and the history of the United States. The series topic is all about "the assassination of, and attempts to save, the twentieth president of the United States, James A. Garfield, which occurred 132 years ago this summer".

All you history of medicine buffs ~ explore and enjoy!

Labels: history of medicine, history of the United States, medical blog, medical history, National Library of Medicine, NLM

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