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Posting about health and social care research, randomised trials and systematic reviews. Based in Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland

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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 22h
#CochraneDaily In September 2026, the Cochrane Library published 14 new reviews, 6 updated reviews where the conclusions had changed, 5 updated reviews where the conclusions had not changed and 1 review that was revised to correct important errors. See them at www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/table-o...
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Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews: all issues | Cochrane Library
Table of Contents Issues provide the back issues for all the CDSR content.
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 22h
#QuestionOfTheWeek What worries you more: that you'll have forgotten your keys when you're outside your home and you’ve just closed the door or that you'll be away from home when you remember that you forgot to close the door?
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 23h
#WordsOfToday “Try to read at least one book a month that introduces you to a new topic" Snelav Roht, 2023. In September, I managed to read two: Rate this Book by Benji Wilson All Consuming by Ruby Tandoh #ReadABook
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#CochraneDaily On International Music Day imc-cim.org/internationa... there are many Cochrane reviews of music therapy including last year’s third update of the evaluation of music‐based therapies for people with #dementia www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.... #MusicDay #MusicTherapy
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International Music Day – International Music Council
Following a resolution adopted at the 15th IMC General Assembly in Lausanne in 1973, the International Music Day was initiated in 1975 by Lord Yehudi Menuhin, President of the organisation from 1969 to 1975.
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#WordsOfToday Here's a quote for International Coffee Day www.internationalcoffeeday.org "What do you look forward to most in the morning: the splash of cold water on your face, the warm buttery croissant or the hot cup of coffee?" Chris Ant, 2015 #Coffee #CoffeeDay #WakeUp #QuotesDaily
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International Coffee Day
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#WordsOfToday “When praise is given to those who had the idea, those who helped them to implement it should not be forgotten." Byron Halyard, 1988 #Honours #QuotesDaily #GreatestQuotes
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#CochraneDaily Just published! INSPECT-SR. New tool for systematic reviewers for assessing the trustworthiness of randomised trials www.bmj.com/content/394/... #EvidenceSynthesis #RCT
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#WordsOfToday "If your eyes, brain or body are tired from looking at this screen, look away now." Nun-Eul Swiseyo, 2020 #EyeHealth #GoodVision #ScreenTime #QuotesToLiveBy #QuotesDaily
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#QuestionOfTheWeek What’s the most relaxing way to get your daily information? Checking the screen on your phone, listening to the radio, watching the TV, or sitting in the café reading the paper newspaper and drinking the coffee? www.un.org/en/observanc...
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International Day for Universal Access to Information | United Nations
In order to raise awareness of the importance of universal access to information, the UN General Assembly has proclaimed 28 September as International Day for Universal Access to Information.
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#CochraneDaily On International Day for Universal Access to Information (www.un.org/en/observanc...), remember that people in more than 100 countries have one-click access to the whole of the Cochrane Library, completely free www.cochranelibrary.com/help/access#... @cochrane.org
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International Day for Universal Access to Information | United Nations
In order to raise awareness of the importance of universal access to information, the UN General Assembly has proclaimed 28 September as International Day for Universal Access to Information.
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#CochraneDaily Today, searching PubMed for “COVID-19” limited to systematic reviews retrieves 12,000, a year since it reached 11,000. How many of these are needed? How much #ResearchWaste do they represent, 6 years on from this opinion piece? blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/04/... #EvidenceSynthesis
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Mike Clarke: How can we avoid research waste during the covid-19 pandemic and plan for the future? - The BMJ
Around the world and across disciplines, researchers have turned their attention to covid-19, but we need to ensure this effort is a help rather than a hindrance, says Mike Clarke [...]More...
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#WordsOfToday “The words spoken are important, not the mouth that said them." Kenmeina Kotoba, 1652 #GreatestQuotes #WordsDaily #DailyQuote
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#WordsOfToday "There should always be a good time to stand, stretch and smell the coffee." Puti Edami, 2007 #Coffee #DailyQuote #GreatestQuotes #StandUp #Stretch
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#CochraneDaily PROSPERO, an international systematic review registry passed 500,000 registrations this month www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/. Launched in Feb 2011, 1000 reviews were registered in the 1st year link.springer.com/article/10.1.... Now, 1000 are registered every 3 days. @crd-uoy.bsky.social
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#WordsOfToday "If we all picked up five pieces of litter per day, how soon before our streets would be tidy again?" Taka Mkusanya 2026 #QuotesToLiveBy #QuotesDaily #Letter #KeepItTiday
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#CochraneDaily On the autumn equinox, this 2017 @cochrane.org review of the use of a class of drugs called pentasaccharides for deep vein thrombosis includes the EQUINOX trial, alongside trials called MATISSE, Rembrandt and van Gogh. www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.... #Equinox #DVT #Autumn
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#CochraneDaily Falls Prevention Awareness Day www.daysoftheyear.com/days/falls-p... Learn more about environmental interventions for preventing falls in older people in the community in this @cochrane.org review www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.... #PreventFalls
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#WordsOfToday "What do you look forward to most in the morning: the splash of cold water on your face, the warm buttery croissant or the hot cup of coffee?" Chris Ant, 2015 #Morning #QuotesDaily #WakeUp
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James Lind Library @jameslindlibrary.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Ahoy! Ways to recruit people to randomised trials can themselves be tested in randomised trials. A newly updated Cochrane Review looks back at the evidence from 91 studies with more than 175,000 participants, which tested 65 recruitment strategies. www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#WordsOfToday "I saw a book on how to stop procrastinating, if only I could stop procrastinating about whether to read it, I'd learn how to stop procrastinating about whether to read it." Ut Sette, 1994 #Procrastination #QuotesDaily
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#QuestionOfTheWeek Would a $2 cup of coffee be expensive? What if it cost $10? Would a €20,000 electric car be expensive? What if it cost €100,000? Would a £200,000 randomised trial be expensive? What if it cost £1,000,000 or £10,000,000? So, be cautious about calling something "expensive".
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#CochraneDaily On World Alzheimer’s Day (www.alz.org/about/awaren...), the #CochraneLibrary contains dozens of @Cochrane.org reviews about the diagnosis or treatment of #Alzheimer’s disease. Find them with this search www.cochranelibrary.com/advanced-sea... #WorldAlzheimersDay
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#WordsOfToday Avoid the panic of choosing presents close to the day by making a gift chest into which you put things throughout the year" Thor Valens, 2022 #QuotesDaily #Presents #Christmas #Birthday
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#CochraneDaily On #WorldBambooDay (www.worldbamboo.net/worldbambooday), Cochrane CENTRAL includes this randomised trial which found that spending time in a #bamboo forest, rather than in an urban environment, can improve physiological well-being www.cochranelibrary.com/central/doi/...
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#WordsOfToday “Would you rather be the tiny cricket that fills the beach with chatter or the old large pine tree that they sit in, which lives and grows with no noise?" Jean Ferrat, 2022 #QuotesDaily #GreatestQuotes #Sounds
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#CochraneDaily Malaysia Day is on 16 September and PubMed now lists more than 160 entries for Cochrane Reviews with an author in Malaysia. Click below to find them pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov?term=%22coch... #Malaysia #CochraneReviews
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"cochrane database syst rev"[so] AND Malaysia[ad] - Search Results - PubMed
"cochrane database syst rev"[so] AND Malaysia[ad] - Search Results - PubMed
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
#CochraneDaily If you’re looking for evidence on the effects of interventions to improve recruitment to randomised trials, check out this newly updated #CochraneLibrary Methodology Review www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.... @streweek.bsky.social @trialforge.bsky.social @cochrane.org #RCT
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
#WordsDaily “Smile. It is probably one of the cheapest things to do that brings most value, both to the receiver and the giver." John Barcroft 2007 #Smile #WordsToLiveBy #QuotesToLiveBy #QuotesDaily
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
#QuestionOfTheWeek Sitting on a plane, waiting for it to push back from the departure gate, which is more frustrating: being told of a 30 minute delay 10 minutes before the departure time, or not being told anything by 10 minutes after the departure time?
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
#WordsOfToday “However clever you feel as a human, wouldn't you like to be able to scratch your ear with your foot, like I can?" Max 2023 (he/him, adolescent, dog) #Dog #QuotesDaily #QuotesOfTheDay
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Last few days to apply for a place on this intensive interactive online course to learn about systematic reviews from the #UniversityofOxford in October 2026 lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/syst... @lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk @cebmoxford.bsky.social #EvidenceSynthesis #SystematicReviews #Oxford
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Systematic Reviews - Oxford Lifelong Learning
Covering the process of doing a systematic review, focusing on practicalities and emphasising how and why this qualifies as scientific research.
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
#CochraneDaily Around your health in 100 Cochrane Reviews #43 OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE Review found high‐certainty evidence that #omega‐3 fats don’t have important positive or negative effects on mortality or #cardiovascular events www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#CochraneDaily Just published! Study of 21 network meta-analyses of interventions for knee and hip osteoarthritis in leading general medical and specialty journals found that 13 were rated high of bias. Read it free at www.oarsijournal.com/article/S106...
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Risk of bias in network meta-analyses of interventions for knee and hip osteoarthritis published in leading general medical and specialty journals: A methodological study using the RoB NMA tool
Network meta-analyses (NMAs) frequently inform recommendations for osteoarthritis (OA), but methodological flaws may introduce bias and yield misleading results. This methodological study aimed to eva...
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#WordsOfToday “Simply opening your hand turns a fist for fighting into a palm for greeting” Joe Muredach, 1971 #WordsToLiveBy #QuotesDaily
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
#CochraneDaily Cochrane has 4 important reviews for #WorldSuicidePreventionDay www.who.int/campaigns/wo... looking at evidence on preventing suicides and self-harm on roads, by jumping and in educational settings. Go to www.cochranelibrary.com and search 'suicide' to find them.
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World Suicide Prevention Day 2026
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
#WordsOfToday "There comes a time in many things in life, including in life itself, when we start to realise that we must be closer to the end than the beginning" Pheta com Plee, 2024 #Life #GreatestQuotes #WordsDaily
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
#CochraneDaily On International Sudoku Day listen to the 🎧 PODCAST🎧 or read the @cochrane.org review of cognitive stimulation to improve cognitive functioning in people with dementia www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.... www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.... #SudokuDay #Sudoku #Dementia #Podcast
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
#WordsOfToday On International Sudoku Day www.daysoftheyear.com/days/interna..., remember the quote "Would trying to solve the puzzle of designing a study to solve the puzzle of whether people solving puzzles is good for the brain, help solve the puzzle?" Oko Dus, 2020 #QuotesDaily #Sudoku #Puzzles
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
#QuestionOfTheWeek Why do hotels leave mini sewing kits in the bathroom? Have you ever used one, either during the days of your stay or in the years after you took it home?
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
#WordsOfToday On International Literacy Day www.unesco.org/en/days/lite..., be inspired by Snelav Roht, “Try to read at least one book a month that introduces you to a new topic" #QuotesToLiveBy #InternationalLiteracyDay #ReadABook
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International Literacy Day
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
#CochraneDaily Yesterday was World Duchenne Awareness Day www.un.org/en/observanc.... There are Cochrane Reviews of a variety of interventions in the #CochraneLibrary with the most recent looking at the role of antioxidants www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.... @drjuanfranco.bsky.social #Duchenne
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World Duchenne Awareness Day | United Nations
World Duchenne Awareness Day raises awareness on the specific challenges and needs faced by individuals and families in the rare diseases community through national campaigns, educational programmes a...
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
#CochraneDaily Around your health in 100 Cochrane Reviews #42 CAFFEINE FOR SHIFT WORKERS Cochrane Review found that #caffeine may improve performance in shift workers www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.... #CochraneLibrary
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
#WordsOfToday “Maths of cooking: flour + water + heat = bread." Ric Etta, 1981 #QuotesDaily #Cooking #Bread
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
#CochraneDaily In August 2026, the #CochraneLibrary published 12 new reviews, 4 updated reviews where the conclusions had changed, and 4 updated reviews where the conclusions had not changed. See them at www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/table-o... #EvidenceSynthesis #EBM #EBHC @cochrane.org
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Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews: all issues | Cochrane Library
Table of Contents Issues provide the back issues for all the CDSR content.
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
#WordsOfToday "At the end of each day, relax and do nothing except wait for inspiration." Jean Ferrat, 2022 #Inspiration #QuotesToLiveBy #WordsToLiveBy #QuotesDaily
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
#CochraneDaily On #WorldCoconutDay www.daysoftheyear.com/days/world-c..., the Cochrane review of emollients for preventing infection in preterm infants includes a trial of #coconut oil versus mineral oil in 64 babies in India www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.... @cochrane.org #CochraneLibrary
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World Coconut Day | Days Of The Year
Discover the tropical taste and versatility of this round, hairy fruit with a hard shell. From coconut water to oil, there's so much to love!
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
#WordsOfToday “Try to read at least one book a month that introduces you to a new topic" Snelav Roht, 2023. Last month I read Witchland by Marion Gibson @witchesetc.bsky.social #QuotesDaily #QuotesToLiveBy
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Last few weeks to apply for a place on this intensive interactive online course to learn about systematic reviews from the #UniversityofOxford in October 2026 lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/syst... @lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk @cebmoxford.bsky.social #EvidenceSynthesis #SystematicReviews #Oxford
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Systematic Reviews - Oxford Lifelong Learning
Covering the process of doing a systematic review, focusing on practicalities and emphasising how and why this qualifies as scientific research.
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
#CochraneDaily Just published! Study used 152 #CochraneLibrary Reviews to show that large language models are able to classify rehabilitation research, but hybrid human-AI workflows achieved the highest accuracy. www.minervamedica.it/en/journals/... #LLM #AI #Rehabilitation
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
#WordsOfToday "If you're going to keep teaching about it, you need to keep doing it, whatever it is." Val Rushe 2023 #Teaching #Doing #QuotesToTeachBy #GreatestQuotes #DailyQuotes
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