Un projet financé par les IRSC vise à rapprocher les médias et le milieu de la recherche sur les politiques de santé
Owning Org:
Canadian Women's Health Network (CWHN)
Media Type:
Online
Author:
Rebecca Cheung
Explains the intent of the Canadian Policy Research Network’s website EvidenceNetwork.ca. The goal of this non-partisan network and it’s accompanying website is to link journalists with experts on high profile health policy issues.
An electronic review journal that takes the best available evidence on sexual and reproductive health from Cochrane systematic reviews and presents it as practical actions for clinicians (and policy-makers) to improve health outcomes, especially in developing countries.
Describes challenges of using research evidence to inform healthcare policy making. Provides a framework to facilitate the use of research evidence in healthcare policy making.
Examines claims about the benefits of transdermal progesterone creams for relieving symptoms of menopause. Finds that currently available progesterone creams can not be recommended for treatment of symptoms associated with menopause.
Evaluates the safety and efficacy of raloxifene compared with placebo and other drugs approved in Canada for the primary and secondary prevention of osteoporotic vertebral fractures in postmenopausal women.
Explains the theory of evidence-based medicine and the practice of choosing and reporting clinical cases. Also provides coverage on routine case reports in medicine, surgery and psychiatry, case reporting in occupational medicine and in tort litigation for courts of law.
Presents a systematic review and critical appraisal of the evidence on the use of ovulation induction (OI) drug therapy to manage anovulatory infertility associated with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in women of reproductive age. Provides the current published scientific evidence about its safety and efficacy/effectiveness in terms of pregnancy rate in this category of infertile patients.
