Iain Chalmers and the The Cochrane Collaboration

[xyzzy]

Listenned to this very interesting and very respected chap Sir Iain Chalmers on Jim Al-Khalili's 'The Life Scientific' program on Radio 4 yesterday morning as I was driving down to London.

The guy seems to have spent much of his life analysing the data behind many medical conclusions and then ripping them to shreds. He's a great believer in "Listen to what your patient is saying". Well worth a listen (d/l the podcast from http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/tls). Was thinking of emailing the institution he was a founder of "The Cochrane Collaboration" to see if they had ever investigated Type 2 diabetes care.

 

[phoenix]

Diabetes care:
http://www.cochrane.org/search/site/%20 ... tes%20care
Diabetes
http://www.cochrane.org/search/site/diabetes%20%20
and the review of monitoring in T2 we discussed not long ago.
http://summaries.cochrane.org/CD005060/ ... ng-insulin

 

[CollieBoy]

Google is your friend:
http://endoc.cochrane.org/
Cochrane Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders Group

http://care.diabetesjournals.org/conten ... 7.full.pdf
The Cochrane Collaboration and
Its Possible Impact on Diabetes Care

 

[xyzzy]

Thank you, loads of reading material!

 

[microfazer]

its a shame that the whole "Listen to what any patient is saying" approach is regarded is as wholly useless. thanks for the links though, all of you. :thumbup:

 

[Glados]

I thought you were giving us the heads up on a good band! :wink: