The eleventh  issue of the The Cochrane Library for 2010 included 16 new reviews and 16 updated reviews, 10 of which cover all Cochrane reviews in the National Health Priority Areas, and the Effective Practice and Organisation of Care, Consumers and Communications and Health Promotion and Public Health Cochrane review groups.  Scroll through this page to browse the titles.  Each title is linked directly to the full review.

The full list of new and updated reviews can be found on The Cochrane Collaboration website.  Summaries of reviews which reflect current priorities and programs in the Department are available on this website and highlight interventions that work, don't work and those for which more research is required.  Read the summaries produced so far by following the links in the menu on the left hand side of this page.  

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Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disease

• There are no policy relevant arthritis and musculoskeletal disease reviews in this issue

Asthma

• Promoting patient uptake and adherence in cardiac rehabilitation

Cancer

• Radical prostatectomy versus watchful waiting for prostate cancer 

• Recombinant human thyrotropin (rhTSH) aided radioiodine treatment for residual or metastatic differentiated thyroid cancer

• Addition of drug/s to a chemotherapy regimen for metastatic breast cancer  

• Fraction size in radiation treatment for breast conservation in early breast cancer

• Prophylactic mastectomy for the prevention of breast cancer  

• Screening programmes for the early detection and prevention of oral cancer 

Cardiovascular Disease

• Promoting patient uptake and adherence in cardiac rehabilitation

Consumers and Communication Reviews

• Different communication strategies for disclosing results of diagnostic prenatal testing 

• Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist versus
  Community-based intervention packages for reducing maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality and improving neonatal outcomes     

• Effect of outpatient pharmacists' non-dispensing roles on patient outcomes and prescribing patterns

• Provision of a surgeon's performance data for people considering elective surgery     

Diabetes

• Screening and subsequent management for gestational diabetes for improving maternal and infant health

Effective Practice and Organisation of Care

•  Local opinion leaders: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes

Injury

• Modification of the home environment for the reduction of injuries

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• Functional capacity evaluations for the prevention of occupational re-injuries in injured workers

Mental Health

• Clozapine versus other atypical antipsychotics for schizophrenia  

Public Health

• Stage-based interventions for smoking cessation   

The complete list of all new and updated Cochrane reviews is available on The Cochrane Collaboration website.

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