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couple
Timed intercourse for couples trying to conceive
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Cochrane's 2024 International Women’s Day Event
Cochrane's 2024 International Women’s Day Event
In celebration of 2024 
quitting smoking
How effective are medications and e-cigarettes for quitting smoking, and what works best?
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GES
Call for abstracts: Shape the future of evidence at the 2024 Global Evidence Summit
Today marks the official opening of abstract submissions for oral presentations, posters, and workshops at the second 
Archie Cochrane
Celebrating Archie Cochrane
Cochrane is named in honour of Archie Cochrane, a British medical researcher who contributed greatly to the development of epidemiology as a science. 
music and vocal interventions
Can music and vocal interventions benefit preterm infants and their parents?
Key messages • Music and vocal interventions probably reduce heart rates in preterm infants compared to standard care during the intervention. This beneficial effect was even more substantial and confident after the intervention suggesting a long-lasting relaxing and stabilising effect. • We found no harmful effects from music and voice. However, many studies did not explicitly explore the possibility of unwanted effects.
親餵或非親餵母乳對於剛出生寶寶進行侵入性治療疼痛的影響
Breastfeeding or breast milk for procedural pain in newborn babies
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summit
Cochrane invites you to GES 2024 in Prague
Four global leaders in evidence synthesis and evidence-based practice, Cochrane, JBI, Guidelines International Network, and 
Mental Health
Mental Health First Aid as a tool for improving mental health and well-being
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WHO
WHO Bulletin's call for papers: Cochrane community encouraged to share their perspectives on strengthening WHO's guidance role
WHO is planning a landmark issue of its journal, which will focus on its normative leadership function (development of evidence-based guidelines etc). The Cochrane community is encouraged to submit a paper by 1 March 2024.