The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews – Issue 4 2008

The Cochrane Library contains the largest single collection of systematic reviews of research into the effects of healthcare interventions. It is available on the internet at http://www.thecochranelibrary.com and contains the complete set of all Cochrane Reviews, within the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. The Cochrane Library is re-issued four times per year. Issue 4 of 2008 was published in October. More than 3500 Cochrane Reviews are now available in full, including information on the methods, eligible studies, analyses, results, and conclusions. The findings of more than one hundred Cochrane Reviews appear for the first time or have changed substantially in the updating of the review. In addition,…