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What is the best treatment for progressive vision loss in people with diabetes?
Posted on Wednesday 25 June 2025
Senior Research Fellow Dr. Mark Simmonds led a team at CRD, in collaboration with colleagues from across the UK, to conduct an individual participant data systematic review and economic evaluation of anti-VEGF therapies for the management of diabetic retinopathy. The study was funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) and has been published in the NIHR Journals Library and Value in Health journal.
Can evidence from studies in adults improve our understanding of treatment effects in children?
Posted on Monday 14 April 2025
CRD Research Fellow Ruth Walker presented her poster "Can adult evidence improve our understanding of treatment effect in children?" at the 2025 Children and Young People's Cancer Association (CCLG) conference in Birmingham.
Professor Bob Phillips recognised in the 2025 Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Awards
Posted on Wednesday 9 April 2025
Prof Bob Phillips of CRD has been awarded a prestigious 2025 Members Award for his work developing, leading and editing the Archimedes section of the Archives of Disease in Childhood (ADC), the official journal of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH).
New clinical practice guideline on safe eating for children during cancer treatment
Posted on Wednesday 12 March 2025
A new internationally developed clinical practice guideline recommends joyful eating during childhood cancer treatment. Yes, food needs to be safe, but there's limited value in the "neutropenic diet", an eating plan initially designed to prevent infection.
A new and improved PROSPERO website has been launched!
Posted on Friday 7 March 2025
Since 2011, PROSPERO, the world’s first prospective register of systematic reviews, has been registering systematic reviews relating to health and social care. Funded by the NIHR since inception, PROSPERO has been a thriving resource for over a decade. It has been instrumental in promoting transparency, helping safeguard against bias and unintended duplication and research waste. PROSPERO currently has over 325,000 registration records.
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