Cochrane Complementary Medicine awards a bursary each year to Cochrane reviews for which substantial progress has already been made and whose completion has been stalled due to a lack of funding. The purpose of this bursary scheme is to ensure that reviews relevant to complementary medicine are completed and published in The Cochrane Library. Only Cochrane reviewers who have already registered CAM-related protocols/reviews with a Cochrane  Review Group are eligible for funding. 

A team of colleagues based in Canada shares news of a scoping review in preparation to assess the effects of medical and non-medical cannabis use in older adults.

Sickle cell disorders are a group of illnesses which affect red blood cells, impairing their ability to carry oxygen and increasing the risk of a number of health problems, including anemia, bone and organ damage, infection, chronic pain, and shortened life expectancy.