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Three members of the Bristol Evidence Synthesis Group highlight unanswered questions that should guide further research into treating cannabis use disorder tinyurl.com/49vfftv9 | @franspi.bsky.social

Pharmacotherapies for cannabis use disorder - Spiga, F - 2025 | Cochrane Library Select your preferred language for Cochrane reviews and other content. Sections without translation will be in English.

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This Addiction Awareness Week, dive into why we need better evidence for treatments for cannabis use disorder - check recent systematic reviews of psychosocial and pharmacological interventions from Bristol NIHR Evidence Synthesis Group #ActionOnAddiction

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Pharmacotherapies for cannabis use disorder - Spiga, F - 2025 | Cochrane Library Select your preferred language for Cochrane reviews and other content. Sections without translation will be in English.

A new Bristol ESG systematic review is now available online: Pharmacotherapies for cannabis use disorder - Spiga, F - 2025 | Cochrane Library www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....

Effectiveness and safety of psychosocial interventions for the treatment of cannabis use disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis buff.ly/WUFQsp9

New alcohol mortality data presents a bleak picture for England - Institute of Alcohol Studies Alcohol deaths in England continue to rise, with the North East death rate overtaking Scotland's for the first time ever. Colin Angus looks at why this might be and which age groups are particularly a...

Why are deaths from alcohol still increasing in England when heavy drinking since the pandemic has come down?

@victimofmaths.bsky.social explains.

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New systematic review from the Bristol Evidence Synthesis Group 🧘🏻‍♀️❤️

Relaxation techniques may help lower high blood pressure—at least in the short term Relaxation techniques may help lower high blood pressure—at least in the short term—but the longer term effects are unclear, finds a pooled data analysis of the existing research. The study, led by th...

Relaxation techniques, such as yoga, mindfulness and Tai Chi, may help lower high blood pressure - at least in the short term. Longer term effects are unclear.

New research by Deborah Caldwell, Katie Webster, Rachel Johnson & colleagues @bristoluni.bsky.social & @exeter.ac.uk.

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PLOS statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity - The Official PLOS Blog Since its founding over twenty five years ago PLOS has been dedicated to advancing open science, ensuring that knowledge is accessible to…

PLOS remains committed to the principles of #OpenScience: integrity, transparency, inclusivity, and collaboration.

Recent policy changes in the U.S. raise concerns about the impact on the global research community and scientific integrity. Read the statement: plos.io/3D4O8cH

JOBS: Multiple evidence synthesis posts available at the University of Bristol:
*4x (Senior) Research Associate (SRA/RA) in Evidence Synthesis
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*SRA in Medical Statistics
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*SRA in Information Science
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Anticoagulation Among Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Prospective Meta-analysis: Annals of Internal Medicine: Vol 0, No 0 Background: Reported results of clinical trials assessing higher-dose anticoagulation in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 have been inconsistent. Purpose: To estimate the association of higher- vers...

Our latest prospective meta-analysis of anticoagulation in Covid-19 patients is out today r.mail.acpmembership.org/tr/cl/SYh33P...

Giant study finds untrustworthy trials pollute gold-standard medical reviews Two-year collaboration aims to create tools to help counter the tide of flawed research.

Nice write up of our study applying potential trustworthiness checks to RCTs in 50 Cochrane Reviews in Nature by @richvn.bsky.social : www.nature.com/articles/d41...

‘Systematic reviews’ that aim to extract broad conclusions from many studies are in peril Fake papers are “poisoning the well” for these gold-standard syntheses, researchers say

Alright! Some recent stories for my fellow #MetaAnalysis and #EvidenceSynthesis nerds out there...

First off, a growing surge of fake papers, especially in fields like medicine, poses a major risk to the integrity of systematic reviews www.science.org/content/arti...

Inequity in evidence synthesis

Target Trial Emulation for Causal Inference From Observational Data With Dr Hernán Miguel A. Hernán, MD, DrPH, professor of epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, discusses Target Trial Emulation: A Framework for Causal Inference From Observational Data with JAMA Statistical Editor Roger J. Lewis, MD, PhD.

With #TargetTrial emulation becoming increasingly popular, it's important to understand what it can and can't do.

In this podcast I discuss how target trial emulation can improve causal inference from observational data and extend inferences from randomized trials
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What drives #antibiotic use without prescription in low- & middle-income countries? Christie Cabral, Helen Lambert
et al have reviewed the evidence.

Read the blog: capcbristol.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2024/11/20/w...

#WAAW #AntimicrobialResistance #AntimicrobialStewardship #GlobalHealth #Pharmsky

Effectiveness and safety of psychosocial interventions for the treatment of cannabis use disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis Aim. To evaluate the effectiveness, safety, and cost-effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for cannabis use disorder (CUD). Design. A systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs; PRO...

Freshly uploaded today, our new review of psychosocial interventions for cannabis use disorders, lead by Monika Halicka www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Find out what exciting projects the Bristol ESG is up to! bristol-esg.org

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My very first skeet is of course a cat one! Welcome to our little lynx Florence, in keeping with our cosmic tradition, she is named after the potentially hazardous asteroid 3122 Florence ☄️

Taking me down to memory lane Eder!

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