A new report published today heralds an exciting development for evidence-based health care in Australia, with the promise of near real-time incorporation of research into evidence-based guideline recommendations now a step closer to reality. 

Cochrane Australia’s Julian Elliott, Tari Turner and Anneliese Synnott explore the role consumers are set to play in the new health evidence eco-system in the latest issue of Health Voices, out this week.

A new Cochrane Review published in the Cochrane Library earlier this month casts further doubt on the role of a treatment for painful fractures in the spine caused by osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is a common disease in Australia, with 1.2 million people estimated to have the condition that makes bones become brittle leading to a higher risk of fractures or breaks than in normal bone.

A new Melbourne GRADE centre has now been officially opened at Cochrane Australia and the centre’s new website was launched at melbournegradecentre.org this week, offering full details of training and events for the coming year.

In a significant step for national health research and training, Cochrane Indonesia was launched on Monday 5 March at Universitas Gadjah Mada in Yogyakarta.

Ray’s guest this week is Julian Elliott - the well-travelled Australian doctor, researcher and big picture thinker who aims to use new technology to radically improve health systems and access to evidence for people around the world – whether they’re in high or low income countries.

Hailed as one of the best British novelists writing today, Sarah Moss is our very special literary guest on TRD this week. She joins Ray to explore the intersection between fiction and health, and to talk about the doctors, patients, parents and families she portrays so vividly in her five highly acclaimed novels.

Psychiatrist and would-be international DJ Prathap Tharyan joins Ray from his home in India to explore a fascinating fraction of his work, life and philosophy.

Paul Glasziou (aka The Surfing Professor) joins Ray Moynihan on episode five of Cochrane Australia's podcast, The Recommended Dose, to share insights from his stellar career as both a family doctor in Brisbane and a global evidence guru at Oxford and Bond Universities.

In episode four of Cochrane Australia's podcast, The Recommended Dose, Professor Jimmy Volmink joins Ray to trace an extraordinary personal and professional journey that defied the odds.