Two companion Cochrane reviews and a new Cochrane Library editorial on Hospital at home programs

The sixth update of the Cochrane review on ‘Interventions for preventing obesity in children’ is out today.For this update, the review has been broken down into three separate reviews that cover smaller age ranges in detail, including:

In 2019 the ABC’s Old people’s home for 4-year-olds captured the public imagination.

Earlier this year, the Cochrane Governing Board approved a new model for producing Cochrane Evidence Syntheses, following an extensive community consultation process. The new model is designed to ensure Cochrane remains viable, sustainable, and focused on the greatest global health and care challenges now and into the future. 

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The ABC’s recent documentary series Old people’s home for 4 year olds surprised many by becoming a runaway ratings success.

There are many reasons to undertake a Cochrane review. For the author team behind the new review on safe and effective approaches to stopping antidepressants, the motivating factors were both personal and professional, national and international.

Today is an auspicious day for a dedicated global team of methodologists, search specialists, biostatisticians and systematic reviewers who have spent the last few years diligently updating PRISMA - the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses statement. First published in 2009, PRISMA was designed to help systematic reviewers transparently report why the review was done, what the authors did, and what they found.