The Campbell & Cochrane Economics Methods Group and the Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre announce a new web-based tool to automate adjustment of costs to a common target currency and price year.

Welcome to the newly-redesigned website of The Cochrane Collaboration! In addition to a new look and feel, this site also has many new features including:

Event: Joint Colloquium of the Cochrane and Campbell CollaborationsThe Joint Colloquium--Bringing evidence-based decision-making to new heights--will feature over 1000 attendees from leading research and policy-making organizations around the world. Join us in the beautiful Rocky Mountains for internationally renowned speakers, workshops, plenary sessions, oral sessions, and more, all focusing onthe methodology behind performing quality systematic reviews and meta-analyses on pressing topics in medicine, health care, education,  crime, and social welfare. External link for more information:  http://www.regonline.com/Colloquium2010 Event date:  Mon, 10/18/2010 - 08:30 - Fri, 10/22/2010 - 18:00 Location:  Keystone, CO, USA Contributors's Information Contributor's name:  Dr. Robert Dellavalle Email address:  robert.dellavalle@ucdenver.edu

The local organizing committee would like to invite participants to submit abstracts and/or workshops for the 2010 Joint Colloquium of the Cochrane and Campbell Collaborations.

Please note that online submissions are now available and will remain open through 29 March 2010.

Online submission and additional information are available via the Colloquium Website (see below).

External link for more information:  http://www.regonline.com/Colloquium2010 Contributors's Information Contributor's name:  Colloquium Organizers Email address:  colloquium@cochrane.org

Interventions for preventing falls in older people in nursing care facilities and hospitals

What effective measures can nursing care facilities and hospitals take to prevent falls?

External link for more information:  http://www.cochranejournalclub.com/ Contributors's Information Contributor's name:  Harriet MacLehose Email address:  HMacLehose@cochrane.org

You are invited to submit articles, photos and updates for the next issue of Cochrane News. The closing date for submissions has been extended: Friday, 19 March 2010Contributors's Information Contributor's name:  Lori Tarbett Email address:  ltarbett@uottawa.ca

The Cochrane Collaboration's website, cochrane.org, was relaunched on 12 March 2010

Event: Joint Colloquium of the Cochrane and Campbell Collaborations

A tutorial for authors, CRG staff, and others wishing to learn more about doing diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) reviews in RevMan 5 is now available as a PDF document.

Featured Reviews address Health Benefits of Flexible Working Arrangements: Blood Pressure, Sleep and Mental Health Improve plus two updated Reviews on influenza vaccines and many more topics.

The Cochrane Health Equity Field has become a Cochrane Methods Group!

You are invited to submit articles, photos and updates for the next issue of Cochrane News.

The Campbell & Cochrane Economics Methods Group and the Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre announce a new web-based tool to automate adjustment of costs to a common target currency and price year.

A reminder that the latest Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Cochrane Opportunities Fund has now been released by the Steering Group. The submission deadline is 5:00 p.m. GMT, 26 February 2010.

The Bias Methods Group invites Cochrane authors and Review Group staff to participate in a survey that aims to ascertain access, use and professional critique of the Risk of Bias (RoB) Tool.

Featured reviews address cervical cancer, beta-blockers for hypertension, treadmill training for Parkinson's disease and 2 new Reviews in the area of pregnancy and childbirth plus many more topics.

A selection of systematic reviews from The Cochrane Library on healthcare topics that our colleagues in aid agencies have reported as important at this time.

The BMJ Group has announced finalists for its 2010 Awards. Cochrane collaborators are requested to pay special attention to the list of finalists for the Award for Lifetime Achievement, which includes a number of Cochrane contributors.

Event: Joint Colloquium of the Cochrane & Campbell Collaborations

The Cochrane Collaboration is pleased to announce that the fourth issue of the Cochrane Journal Club is now live.