G'day!
A new featured article at Informed Health Online helps people come to
grips with the basics of meta-analysis, as well as some of the
complexities of individual patient data analysis and scientific
controversy.
In a new article, "Meta-analysis: The science of analysing groups of
trials", Alessandro Liberati, Director of the Centro Cochrane Italiano,
explains the basics and intricacies of meta-analysis for readers, as he
helps us understand the controversy around his team's review of
antibiotics and intensive care. All this, in just 16 short screens - with
cartoons, of course.
If you've been looking for an introduction to meta-analysis that goes
beyond the basics but is still fairly easy to understand, Alessandro's
article could be it. See it now at:
http://www.informedhealthonline.org//item.aspx?tabid=26&pagerequest=2
And if you've been looking for a quick and easy way to find out what's new
on The Cochrane Library, visit our "What's New Digest", edited by me and
Mike Clarke. You can see brief summaries of the conclusions of every new
review (78 in the April release), see all the updated reviews sorted into
those with changed conclusions, new data and so on. We try to make it easy
to find out what's worth another look. See it now at:
http://www.informedhealthonline.org/item.aspx?tabId=13&pagerequest=1
And you can sign up for our free weekly or month Enews: we'll keep you up-
to-date not only on information like this - and a cartoon every week, too:
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All the best
Hilda Bastian
Managing Editor
Informed Health Online - Updated health information you can trust
http://www.informedhealthonline.org
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