In addition, a 2010 Cochrane Collaboration review of trials of Risperidone, one of the biggest selling antipsychotics and the first of the new generation to become available in generic form, found only marginal benefit compared with placebo and that, despite its widespread use, evidence remains limited, poorly reported and probably biased in favor of risperidone due to pharmaceutical company funding of trials.

A 2006 Cochrane Collaboration review of controlled trials of antipsychotics in old age dementia reported that one or two of the drugs showed a modest benefit compared to placebo in managing aggression or psychosis, but that this was combined with a significant increase in serious adverse events.

A systematic review by the Cochrane Collaboration found no studies of sufficient quality to make any statement on the efficacy of the vaccine.

A review of all randomized controlled trials in the scientific literature by the Cochrane Collaboration published in JAMA in 2007 found that β-carotene increased mortality by something between 1 and 8 % ( Relative Risk 1. 05, 95 % confidence interval 1. 01-1. 08 ).

A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by the international Cochrane Collaboration in 2002 concluded that fat-restricted diets are no better than calorie restricted diets in achieving long term weight loss in overweight or obese people.

" This definition, put forward by one of the original proponents of evidence-based medicine, has since been adopted by major organizations, including the Cochrane Collaboration and the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine.

The Cochrane Collaboration is one of the best-known, respected examples of systematic reviews.

A 2007 analysis of 1016 systematic reviews from all 50 Cochrane Collaboration Review Groups found that 44 % of the reviews concluded that the intervention was " likely to be beneficial ", 7 % concluded that the intervention was " likely to be harmful ", and 49 % concluded that evidence " did not support either benefit or harm ".

Cochrane's work was honoured through the naming of centres of evidence-based medical research — Cochrane Centres — and an international organization, the Cochrane Collaboration.

Alternative or complementary medicine, including acupuncture, psychological interventions, vitamins and yoga, was evaluated in a number of systematic reviews by the Cochrane Collaboration into treatments for epilepsy, and found there is no reliable evidence to support the use of these as treatments for epilepsy.

In 2005 and in 2007, systematic reviews from the Cochrane Collaboration showed no proper evidence that hypnotherapy was useful in the treatment of smoking addiction or in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome ( IBS )

According to a systematic review by the Cochrane Collaboration, the best evidence in the treatment of LEMS exists for 3, 4-aminopyridine and IVIG.

Consequently, a systematic review by the Cochrane Collaboration ( published in 2008 ) found insufficient evidence to recommend the use of silver-treated dressings to treat infected wounds.

Unfortunately, results are occasionally wrong, producing a false positive ( the Cochrane Collaboration is a relevant effort to improve the reliability of health care trials ).

A Cochrane Collaboration review concluded sclerotherapy was better than surgery in the short term ( 1 year ) for its treatment success, complication rate and cost, but surgery was better after 5 years, although the research is weak.

A systematic review by the Cochrane Collaboration found no studies of sufficient quality to make any statement on the efficacy of the vaccine.

The Cochrane Collaboration, a group of evidence-based medicine ( EBM ) reviewers, reviewed the use of P6 for nausea and vomiting, and found it to be effective for reducing post-operative nausea, but not vomiting.

A Cochrane Collaboration review found that massage provided some long-term benefit for low back pain, and said: It seems that acupressure or pressure point massage techniques provide more relief than classic ( Swedish ) massage, although more research is needed to confirm this.

On systematic review by the Cochrane Collaboration, randomized controlled trials have shown a trend towards improving pregnancy rates with pentoxifylline treatment ( odds ratio of 1. 54, 95 % CI 0. 89-2. 66 ) and a decreasing trend in pain scores with treatment ( mean difference-1. 60, 95 % CI-3. 32-0. 12 ).

A review of all randomized controlled trials in the scientific literature by the Cochrane Collaboration published in JAMA in 2007 found that supplementation with beta-carotene or vitamin increased mortality by 5 % and 16 %, respectively.

Here it is convenient to follow the terminology used by the Cochrane Collaboration, and use " meta-analysis " to refer to statistical methods of combining evidence, leaving other aspects of ' research synthesis ' or ' evidence synthesis ', such as combining information from qualitative studies, for the more general context of systematic reviews.

* Revman A free software for meta-analysis and preparation of cochrane protocols and review available from the Cochrane Collaboration

Meta-analysis by the independent Cochrane Collaboration indicated that sertraline is more effective for the treatment of depression than fluoxetine ( Prozac ), with a 1. 4 times higher probability of response, and is possibly better tolerated.

A meta-analysis of 26 studies in 2007 by the Cochrane Collaboration found that most of these studies were small and of poor quality, and that generally these 26 studies indicated that the treatments did not promote wound healing or prevent wound infections.

* Moose Cree-Moose Factory in the Cochrane District, Ontario ; this group lives on Moose Factory Island, near the mouth of the Moose River, at the southern end of James Bay.

The Cochrane Collaboration is an independent nonprofit organization consisting of a group of over 28, 000 volunteers in more than 100 countries.

When Staunton organized the world's first international chess tournament, the Calcutta Chess Club as a group made one of the largest donations to the tournament's funds, and in addition its principal officers Cochrane and T. C.

Staunton also published an incident in which Cochrane gave the whole of his fee for a case to a group of famine-stricken Indians

Other approaches include the collaborative assessment of a topic by a group of experts, this process can produce reviews such as those published by the Cochrane Collaboration, or the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

The Cochrane Collaboration, a group of evidence-based medicine ( EBM ) reviewers, reviewed eleven randomized controlled trials on the use of electroacupuncture at the P6 acupuncture point to control chemotherapy-induced nausea or vomiting.

No. 5 Group was a Royal Air Force bomber group of the Second World War, led during the latter part ( February 1943 – 1945 ) by AVM Sir Ralph Cochrane.

Archer finds their situation reminiscent of a story he attributes to Zefram Cochrane: Cochrane once told an audience at Princeton University the true story of what happened during first contact, mentioning cybernetic creatures from the future and a group of humans arriving to stop them ( the exact events of Star Trek: First Contact ).

Following the re-possession of Guadeloupe, Cochrane kept up the Corps, and on 12 October 1810 redistributed the men: 70 among the ships of the squadron, 20 to 30 to the battery at the Saintes ( a group of small islands to the south of Guadeloupe ), and 50 remaining in the Marie Galante garrison.

Blake was a member of the Glasgow group, The Pretty Flowers, with school friend Duglas T. Stewart, Frances McKee, Janice Cochrane and Sean Dickson.

The Cochrane Library aims to make the results of well-conducted controlled trials readily available and is a key resource in evidence-based medicine.

The Cochrane Theatre is a receiving and producing theatre that aims to present all aspects of the performing arts within a proscenium arch.

The Cochrane Library Feedback tool allows users to provide comments on and feedback of Cochrane Reviews and Protocols in The Cochrane Library.

A Cochrane review found evidence that community interventions using " multiple channels to provide reinforcement, support and norms for not smoking " had an effect on smoking cessation outcomes among adults.

On the one hand, a Cochrane review found " no reliable conclusions " could be determined based on the limited available evidence, and the U. S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute asthma guideline concluded " there is insufficient evidence to suggest that breathing techniques provide clinical benefit to patients who have asthma.

In the busy city of Liverpool, even these boxes could not provide the capacity and security required, so a special design was commissioned from the foundry of Cochrane Grove & Co of Dudley.

Cochrane compiled a. 320 batting average while hitting 119 home runs over a 13 year playing career.