Sarah Chapman looks at a Cochrane rapid review on whether video calls can reduce loneliness in older people.
Illustrating mental health topics: from the headclutcher to the hopeful
Sarah Chapman reflects on a tweetchat on how best to illustrate mental health topics when sharing evidence.
Picturing mental health: what sort of images are the right ones?
A blog about responsibility and challenges when using images to communicate mental health research.
Illustrating mental health topics: how can we do this well? A Cochrane tweetchat
Join @CochraneUK and @Cochrane_CCMD for a tweetchat on illustrating mental health topics, on Wednesday 12th February 2020
Evidently Cochrane: reflecting on the year and looking ahead
Sarah Chapman looks at some highlights on Evidently Cochrane in 2019 and some changes.
The power of the picture: opportunity and responsibility when illustrating health topics
Sarah Chapman reflects on conversations in Cochrane and beyond about images used to illustrate heath topics.
The People’s Trial: your chance to be a scientist in a fun online trial
Want to be part of a bold new project, a public-led fun online clinical trial? Here it is - The People's Trial.
Carer at the end of the line: evidence and experience of telephone support
Karen Morley reflects on her experiences as an informal carer and on Cochrane evidence for ways of supporting carers
Cochrane blogshots: challenges and changes
With the launch of new guidance for making Cochrane blogshots, Sarah Chapman explains how this has come about and some of the challenges of sharing evidence in this format.
Children can do randomised trials! START competition 2019
School children in Ireland have run and presented their own randomised trials in the innovative START (Schools Teaching About Randomised Trials) competition. Here's what they achieved and why this matters.
Does your ‘lung age’ tell you anything useful? New ways of thinking about disease risk
In this blog for people interested in changing to a healthy lifestyle Robert Walton, a general practitioner, looks at new ways of showing your risk of developing common illnesses.
From #PatientsIncluded to Patient in 12 hours – my #BeyondTheRoom experience at the Cochrane Colloquium, 2018
Sally Crowe reflects on participating in our recent conference, the Cochrane Colloquium, as a member of the #BeyondTheRoom team.