Sucrose is table sugar. When mixed with water, and in very small amounts, it can be used for pain relief in newborn babies. Sucrose is dropped on a baby's tongue about two minutes before and/or ...
It is unclear if magnesium sulphate, either alone or combined with other treatments, improves patient outcomes in children under two years old with bronchiolitis. Fu ...
Tailored implementation strategies (activities designed to tackle specific challenges facing healthcare professionals trying to action a new practice or recommendation) likely lead to slight ...
NSAIDs are a group of drugs that help reduce inflammation, fever, and pain, and can also help prevent blood clots. Aspirin and ibuprofen are examples of widely used NSAIDs. They have been studied as a ...
Interventions to promote the use of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programmes may increase enrolment of patients. The interventions probably lead to small increases in patients' attendance of CR ...
Preparations of the plant Echinacea are widely used in some European countries and in North America for common colds. Echinacea preparations available on the market differ greatly as different types ...
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This news item is more than 2 years old. The study, published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, compared the results for different stop-smoking aids that have been used in over 300 ...
Two new Cochrane reviews show strong and consistent evidence that HPV vaccines are effective in preventing cervical cancer and pre-cancerous changes, especially when given to young people before they ...
Immediate skin-to-skin contact between newborns and their mothers offers a better start in life, improving a number of key health metrics, according to a newly-updated Cochrane review. The review ...
Falls by older people in care facilities, such as nursing homes, and hospitals are common events that may cause loss of independence, injuries, and sometimes death as a result of injury. Effective ...
New evidence published in the Cochrane Library today finds MMR, MMRV and MMR+V vaccines are effective and that they are not associated with increased risk of autism. Measles, mumps, rubella and ...