A universe of evidence: the space medicine race.

Those initial questions and many others were answered by early spacegoing creatures ranging from hapless fruit flies to primates like Sam, Miss Sam and Ham, but each answer or new piece of evidence gave rise to many more questions, and this pattern continues today.Click here for the full story...

Practically pragmatic: Andrew Booth on evidence-based library and information practice.

Systematic reviewers are a brave lot, heading off into the uncharted information wilds. Who knows what they will find? Perhaps they will encounter a fellow traveller who can light the way, a librarian who is versed in evidence-based practice. Andrew Booth is one such librarian.Click here for the full story...

PACES Builds Bridges To The Future: A Falls Project.

Lerwin Nursing Home lies an hour’s drive north of coastal South Australia in the hot agricultural hinterland around Murray Bridge. The bridge after which the town is named spans the meandering River Murray, the great waterway that breathes life into much of south eastern Australia.Click here for the full story...

A hunger for knowledge: nutrition and the elderly.

In many comparatively affluent countries, malnutrition remains an issue for the elderly. Deanne Gaskill is chief investigator of a multidisciplinary project in Queensland, Australia, looking at methods of identifying and assisting residents of aged care facilities who are at risk of, or experiencing, malnutrition. Coincidentally she has found that translation and utilisation of evidence in the aged care setting can be a challenging and rewarding task.Click here for the full story...