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May 19 Exercise to prevent falls in older folk: latest Cochrane evidence makes headlines

A new review on Exercise for preventing falls in older people caught the attention of health reporters around the globe last month. Here in Australia lead author Cathie Sherrington highlighted the latest evidence on Norman Swan's Health Report. The review findings were also covered in the New York Times, Reuters, The Telegraph, MedicalXpress and The Australian (pay wall).

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Updated #CochraneReview examines the effectiveness and safety of #moxibustion on changing the presentation of an unborn baby in the #breech position.

This updated review includes 13 studies (2181 women)

Read the full review here:https://doi.org/10

We are excited to announce that our Editor-in-chief, Karla Soares-Weiser, will be joining the #CochraneLondon programme! She will be speaking at a plenary, hosting a special session about
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Cochrane Podcast: There's increasing recognition of the importance of involving patients and the public in decision making about health services and a growing body of relevant research. In March 2023, we published a new qualitative evidence synthesis

Individual‐level interventions for reducing occupational #stress in #healthcare workers.

Healthcare workers can suffer from work‐related stress as a result of an imbalance of demands, skills and social support at work. This may lead to stress, #burn

The Australian Living Evidence Consortium (#ALEC), the Australian College of Midwives (ACM) and the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (#RANZCOG) today announced they have been awarded a tender by the Austral

Can medications like #varenicline and #cytisine (nicotine receptor partial agonists) help people to stop #smoking and do they cause unwanted effects?

🔎 Updated systematic review looks at the evidence from 75 trials. https://buff.ly/3nv2LhJ

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Cochrane Clinical Vignettes Project Aims to Support Evidence-Based Decision-Making in Clinical Practice

Cochrane France is dedicated to promoting evidence-informed decision-making and practice. To support this mission, Cochrane France has launched a

A new Cochrane review has found that stool transplants are more effective than #antibiotics for treating recurring life-threatening #gut #infections.

This #SystematicReview looked at the evidence from 6 clinical trials with 320 adults.

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Updated review assesses the effectiveness of #cranberry products in preventing #UTIs.

For this update 26 new studies were added, bringing the total number of included studies to 50 involving 8,857 participants.

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👶 New #cochranereview evaluates the benefits and harms of #opioids in term or preterm #neonates exposed to procedural pain, compared to placebo or no drug, non‐pharmacological intervention, other analgesics or sedatives, other opioids, or the same o

❓Which medicines are best for treatment of lower back pain in adults?

This Cochrane overview summarises evidence from seven reviews that included 103 studies.

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013815.pub2
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#breastcancer is the most common cancer in women. Diagnosis and treatment may drastically affect quality of life, causing symptoms such as sleep disorders, #depression and #anxiety. #Mindfulness‐based #stress reduction (MBSR) is a programme that aims

Featured Review: Experiences and perceptions of cash transfers for health.

The aim of this Cochrane qualitative evidence synthesis was to explore how people receiving health-related conditional or unconditional cash transfers experienced them. We an

Cochrane is delighted to announce the availability of #RevManWeb, its popular, web-based systematic-review production software, to the wider academic community beyond #Cochrane – to support #evidencesynthesis development and evidence-based medi

Is #methylphenidate an effective treatment for children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (#adhd) and does it cause unwanted effects?

Read the updated #systematicreview here: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD009885.pub3

The 'eight-minute' cure: how transvaginal mesh sentenced thousands of women to a life of pain

Jun 15 The 'eight-minute' cure: how transvaginal mesh sentenced thousands of women to a life of pain

Cochrane evidence media round-up: More nicotine to help smokers quit

Apr 18 Cochrane evidence media round-up: More nicotine to help smokers quit