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Little evidence that common workplace ergonomics help with pain
28 October 2026
An updated Cochrane review has found that ergonomic interventions show no meaningful benefit for pain, function, recovery or sick leave in workers with work-related complaints of the arm, neck or shoulder (CANS), compared with no treatment.
World Evidence-based Healthcare Day focuses on evidence and AI
20 October 2026
This year, World Evidence-based Healthcare Day is focusing on evidence, artificial intelligence (AI), and keeping people at the centre of health decision-making.
Insufficient evidence to back medical cannabis for insomnia
13 October 2026
A new Cochrane review finds that existing evidence is too uncertain to determine whether medical cannabis improves sleep or daytime functioning in people with insomnia.
Pharmaceutical company marketing negatively influences prescribing
9 October 2026
Doctors’ prescribing habits are heavily influenced by payments, gifts, and free meals from pharmaceutical companies, leading to more expensive, less appropriate and more drugs being prescribed, a new Cochrane review finds.
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