Trials Change Lives
Posting about health and social care research, randomised trials and systematic reviews. Based in Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland
- #CochraneDaily Patriots 38 - Seahawks 0. The number of records in the whole of the Cochrane Library retrieved by searches for seahawk and patriot #Patriots #Seahawks #CochraneLibrary #NFL #Superbowl
- #WordsOfToday “We should show our appreciation by thanking as many people as we can, every day" Count Mein, 2023 #QuotesToLiveBy #WordsToLiveBy #CountMeIn #Thanks #SayThankYou #QuotesDaily #DailyQuotes
- #CochraneDaily Cochrane Daily for 5 February 2026: In January 2026, the Cochrane Library published 9 new reviews, 4 updated review where the conclusions had changed, and 5 other updated reviews @Cochrane.org #EvidenceSynthesis #CochraneLibrary
- #WordsOfToday "Good understanding needs calm and clear speaking, not anger and shouting" Martin Roquebrune, 2023 #Roquebrune #BeCalm #QuotesToLiveBy #QuotesDaily
- Learn about fair tests of treatment through history, in the #TrialsTuesday series from @jameslindlibrary.bsky.social #HistoryOfMedicine #EBM #EBHC #RCT
- #TrialsTuesday #4 The last TrialsTuesday was the MRC trial of streptomycin for TB that used random numbers to fill envelopes which, when opened, revealed a patient’s assigned treatment. But, what about using a more familiar method for using chance to choose between options: flipping a coin? 1/8
- #WordsOfToday “However clever you feel as a human, wouldn't you like to be able to scratch your ear with your foot, like I can?" Max 2023 (he/him, adolescent, dog) #GreatestQuotes #Dog #Inspiration
- #CochraneDaily Just published! Study of assessments of adherence to PRISMA 2020 reveals inconsistent methods and poor tool implementability, highlighting the need for a standardised #PRISMA 2020 assessment tool, which the authors are working on www.jclinepi.com/article/S089... @jclinepi.bsky.social
- #CochraneDaily Cochrane CENTRAL contains this pilot randomised trial from #Thailand of the effects of inhaling the scent of lychee-scented candles on stress and sleep quality among adults and the elderly www.cochranelibrary.com/central/doi/... #Candle #RCT #insomnia #lychee
- #WordsOfToday “One journey that you cannot repeat is the journey of time. Cherish the good days, they will become the memories you will wish to return to but can’t” Martin Roquebrune, 2023 #WordsToLiveBy #GreatestQuotes #QuoteToday #Roquebrune
