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Nutrition is essential for health and well being at every stage of life.

Good nutrition is essential for a healthy life at every age.

It supports:
👶🏿Better infant and child health
🤰🏿Improved maternal health
💪🏿Stronger immune systems
🩺Lower risk of diabetes, heart disease and other health conditions

Hydrofluorocarbon electrolytes for energy-dense and low-temperature batteries - Nature A method using hydrofluorocarbon electrolytes for synthesizing alkanes with monofluorinated structures is described, yielding a pathway for manufacturing lithium-metal batteries able to achieve high energy density as well as operate at low temperature.

Nature research paper: Hydrofluorocarbon electrolytes for energy-dense and low-temperature batteries

go.nature.com/47cwXl9

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A unique opportunity to participate in pioneering medical science.

Join the GLAD Study today, or tell a friend or family member to help raise #mentalhealthawareness!

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Major study suggests transparent communication is key to vaccine uptake A Lancet study of 1.1 million people suggests that most COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy reflected concrete concerns that faded over time, underscoring the importance of good information and transparent…

A study in The Lancet tracking 1.1 million people found that COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy was often rooted in concrete concerns about safety and novelty. But, notably, as evidence accumulated many changed their minds.

Why transparent communication matters: bit.ly/4rCF5Ue

Social media can connect us, but it can also drain us. Here's how you can take back control of your digital space.

Watch the daily dose.

Build sustainable cities at 4 scales: Building, Street, Public Space, & Neighborhood.

From 5-min walkability in Saudi Arabia to solar-lit streets in Senegal, local action has global impact.

Join us at the next World Urban Forum (#WUF13) to share your urban solutions!

When too many fish are caught at once, the breeding population becomes too depleted to recover. Less fish in the ocean means less food and income for coastal communities.

Being #GenerationRestoration can help prevent overfishing & protect biodiversity: www.decadeonrestoration.org/types-ecosys...

🔷New SHERU webinar🔷
❤️‍🩹 Young adult men and the drivers of health inequalities

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Highly dynamic dural sinuses support meningeal immunity - Nature Microscopic imaging and biochemical studies show that sinuses in mouse and human form a highly dynamic surface that regulates fluid movement and immune cell surveillance via RAMP1-dependent regulation of smooth muscle contraction and RAMP2-dependent regulation of the sinus endothelial barrier.

Nature research paper: Highly dynamic dural sinuses support meningeal immunity

go.nature.com/4cIh5KG

Welcome | Cochrane Qualitative and Implementation

Numbers tell us if a treatment works, but qualitative evidence tells us how it works for real people. 🏥✨

The Cochrane Qualitative and Implementation Methods Group want YOU to join us.

👉 methods.cochrane.org/qi/

#QualitativeResearch #EvidenceSynthesis

Why it’s time to invest in organic, ecological agriculture—A snapshot from Tanzania In this blog, Mwatima Juma, explores why organic and ecological agriculture is key to resilient food systems.

How can #Tanzania transform #FoodSystems? 🌾

Mwatima Juma argues that ecological agriculture is the key to resilience. Targeted, small-scale investments are the "spark" needed to unlock billions in #ClimateFinance:

https://futureoffood.org/why-its-time-to-invest-in-organic-ecological-agriculture/

A figure showing the bactericidal activity of isoniazid, ethionamide, and alpibectir–ethionamide over a 7-day period.

Ethionamide has been used to treat tuberculosis for decades, but dose-dependent toxic effects have limited its use. In a new trial, alpibectir enabled the ethionamide dose to be reduced by two thirds. Full trial results: nej.md/46PP9Rn

#MedSky #IDSky

Hand holding a diabetes-friendly plate divided into 50% veggies and fruits, 25% carbs, and 25% protein for suhoor and iftar during Ramadan.

Diabetes friendly #Ramadan meals should include:

🔵25% healthy carbohydrates, such as whole wheat
🔵25% protein such as chicken, meat, fish, legumes & dairy products
🔵50% non-starchy vegetables such as green beans & cucumber, & low-glycemic index fruits such as apples & oranges

Register now for our symposium 30 years of #Cochrane #Gynaecology and #Fertility!!
See you in #London on 4th of July!

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Image of futuristic digital technology landscape. Text reads: "Cochrane launches innovative study to assess AI tools for evidence synthesis"

We’ve launched an innovative study to understand whether artificial intelligence can responsibly support evidence synthesis, without compromising the rigour and independence that define Cochrane Reviews.

Find out more about our process and the study here: www.cochrane.org/about-us/new...

How Political Chaos Is Affecting Americans’ Mental Health - Dame Magazine As political instability rises, so do anxiety, depression, and disengagement. New research shows how national turmoil is reshaping Americans’ mental health.

If you’ve felt exhausted, anxious, or numb in the face of nonstop political turmoil, you’re not imagining it and you're definitely not alone.

@sarahsloat.bsky.social looks at the research on the psychological and physical toll of polycrisis.

In a Nigerian emirate, a fathers’ network is talking to dads to unlock vaccine confidence Using peer-to-peer dialogue, fathers in Akko, an emirate in Gombe State, are helping families to trust vaccines and protect their children.

In Nigeria’s Gombe state, 53,000 children were completely unvaccinated in April 2025. Enter the “Father’s Response Team” a unit of health-focused fathers working to boost child immunisation through dialogue: bit.ly/3OkKPn1

Congratulations Libya 🇱🇾 for having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem! https://bit.ly/4ayjR2E

#WordsOfToday "I saw a book on how to stop procrastinating, if only I could stop procrastinating about whether to read it, I'd learn how to stop procrastinating about whether to read it." Ut Sette, 1994 Ut Sette, 1994
#Procrastination #QuotesDaily #WordsDaily #WordsToLiveBy #QuotesToLiveBy

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Two nurses talking with caption: Nurses match doctors in delivering hospital care. Cochrane logo top right

Nurses can safely deliver many services traditionally performed by doctors, with little to no difference in deaths, safety events, or how patients felt about their health, according to a new Cochrane review.

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💡 New paper introduces the STRAPS tool (Synthesising Through Reflection And Participatory Sense‑making)

Co‑produced via workshops, it evaluates co‑production in evidence syntheses. It assesses roles, power sharing, growth, relationships & more.

Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Cochrane Krakow 2026 Colloquium featuring a photo of Wawel Castle beside the Vistula River on a sunny autumn day. Boats are docked along the riverbank, and trees with autumn foliage line the scene. Text reads: ‘Cochrane Krakow 2026’ and ‘2026 Colloquium – Registration now open.

Registration is now open for the Colloquium on 8-10 December in Krakow, Poland!
Abstract and workshop submissions are also open until 10 March
Register now! 👉
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A masterclass on STROBE-Equity will take place as part of the launch of the Health Equity Research Alliance at RCSI on 26 Feb. The session will be led by Omar Dewidar, GRADE-Equity Coordination Lead, Campbell and Cochrane Equity Methods Group, University of Ottawa.

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A plate of grilled chicken and vegetables, including Brussels sprouts and cherry tomatoes, with text: "Evidence behind intermittent fasting for weight loss fails to match hype."

Intermittent fasting is unlikely to lead to greater weight loss in overweight or obese adults than traditional dietary advice or doing nothing, a new Cochrane review finds.

🔗 www.cochrane.org/about-us/new...

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✅ Live accuracy feedback
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Introduction to a new risk of bias tool for network meta-analysis | Cochrane Systematic reviews with network meta-analysis (NMA) have potential biases in their conduct, analysis, and interpretation. If the results or conclusions of an NMA are integrated into policy or…

Join the Methods Support Unit Web Clinic to learn about RoB NMA, a new tool designed to assess bias in NMAs of healthcare interventions.

📅 12 February 2026 | 🕓 16:00–17:00 UTC/GMT
🔗 Register here: www.cochrane.org/events/intro...

Close-up of Ginkgo biloba leaves with the Cochrane Library logo. Text asks if Ginkgo biloba can aid cognitive impairment and dementia.

Can ginkgo biloba help with dementia and cognitive impairment? 🌿

A new Cochrane review found uncertain evidence on ginkgo's effect on memory, cognitive problems, mild cognitive impairment and dementia.

🔗 www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....

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Multiple potential measles exposures in DC: Check sites and dates DC Health said Saturday it was notified of multiple people with confirmed cases of measles who visited a variety of locations in the District. Officials did not specify exactly how many infected peopl...

Tied to the "March for Life"
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A visual representation of the DESTINY-Breast09 trial, which evaluated whether the antibody–drug conjugate trastuzumab deruxtecan, with or without pertuzumab, could improve outcomes for patients with HER2-positive advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

DESTINY-Breast09: For patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer, standard first-line therapy includes a taxane plus trastuzumab and pertuzumab. Research evaluating trastuzumab deruxtecan plus pertuzumab as initial treatment is summarized in a Quick Take video. nej.md/4rzbdb9