Issue 75 – August 2015 This month in Eyes on Evidence Quality of life in young people with cerebral palsy A study of cross-sectional and longitudinal European data found that young people with mild or moderate cerebral palsy mostly had similar quality of life to young people in the general population, but had less social […]

Research Data Management and Open Data and Open Access are increasingly hot topics for researchers. Increasingly funders are requiring that your research publications are made available in Open Access form. Some are already starting to require that the data behind the research is also made available. The benefits of having access to each others data […]

It’s been great today to welcome (back) so many doctors to Addenbrooke’s. There are some familiar faces, which can make a librarian feel old, but it’s lovely to see you all. There are some great tips for new docs on twitter – follow #tipsfornewdocs which contain lots of words of wisdom, not least of which […]

Issue 74 – July 2015   This month in Eyes on Evidence Symptom remission and quality of life in schizophrenia A retrospective study identified a link between symptom remission and improved quality of life in adults with schizophrenia who were on antipsychotic medication, with paid employment, social activity and drug adherence also positively influencing quality […]

This month in Eyes on Evidence Socioeconomic inequalities in cancer mortality A cohort study found that British men in manual jobs were more likely than those in non-manual jobs to die from cancer, a disparity that remained broadly unchanged between 1978 and 2013. Implementation of antibiotic prescribing guidance A study of Public Health England’s ‘Start […]

Issue 72 – May 2015 This month in Eyes on Evidence Patients’ expectations of the benefits and harms of treatments and tests A systematic review found that for many treatments and diagnostic or screening tests, the majority of people overestimated the likely benefits and underestimated the likely harms. Nicotine replacement therapy for people trying to […]

Sorry to say there will be more IT downtime this weekend, starting from Friday 8th May at 18:00. Services should be back to normal on Monday when we open at 08:00.   We apologise again for the disruption this will cause.

Your wish is our command (within reason!) Hope your studying is more comfortable using the new footrests – find them in the Wolfson Room.