HEDS is part of the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) at the University of Sheffield. We undertake research, teaching, training and consultancy on all aspects of health related decision science, with a particular emphasis on health economics, HTA and evidence synthesis.

Monday 31 October 2016

Cochrane Collaboration Issue 10, 2016…

….is almost complete.  The website now lists protocols and methodology papers, but we’ll just flag up the notable reviews…well, notable to our work; these being……
  • Insulin secretagogues for prevention or delay of type 2 diabetes mellitus and its associated complications in persons at increased risk for the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus
  • Non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs for sciatica
  • Bifeprunox versus placebo for schizophrenia
  • Transfusion thresholds and other strategies for guiding allogeneic red blood cell transfusion
Image: B0007649 Blood cells in a blood vessel by Wellcome Images
  • S‐adenosyl methionine (SAMe) for depression in adults
  • Strategies to improve the implementation of healthy eating, physical activity and obesity prevention policies, practices or programmes within childcare services