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We do not know if screening in a maternity healthcare setting affects the diagnosis of gestational diabetes and the length of hospital stay for the baby. The study did not measure emergency department ...

Dopamine medicines (medications that affect the chemical messenger (neurotransmitter) dopamine) may make no difference to movement or mobility after stroke, but we are very uncertain about some of the ...

Nous examinons les données probantes qui sous-tendent les questions affectant la vie des gens, leur donnant les moyens de prendre de meilleures décisions. Nous produisons des données probantes ...

Nos últimos 5 anos, dois terços das novas diretrizes da Organização Mundial da Saúde citaram pelo menos uma revisão Cochrane. Leia sobre o nosso impacto.

An updated Cochrane review has found that ergonomic interventions show no meaningful benefit for pain, function, recovery or sick leave in workers with work-related complaints of the arm, neck or ...

When full-term or near-term babies need help to start breathing at birth, using normal air instead of extra oxygen may reduce the risk of death before leaving hospital. However, we cannot be certain ...

As a first treatment for someone with a rare white blood cell cancer (MTCL), giving someone stem cells from another person (alloSCT) rather than their own stem cells (autoSCT) may make little or no ...

Compared with no structured exercise, exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for people with coronary heart disease reduces heart attacks, likely reduces hospital admissions and may slightly reduce the ...

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Nicotine e-cigarettes, commonly known as vapes, are more effective in helping people quit smoking than many conventional methods such as nicotine gums and patches and quitting with behavioural support ...

The current Cochrane review from 2014 concludes “There is no good evidence for or against the effectiveness of OTC medicines in acute cough. This should be taken into account when considering ...