• Compared to placebo (an inactive or 'dummy' medication), zuranolone probably helps more women by reducing their depression symptoms, but also increases the number of harmful, unwanted events they ...

How accurate are low-complexity manual nucleic acid amplification tests for detecting pulmonary tuberculosis in children? - There is limited evidence that LC-mNAATs can correctly identify pulmonary ...

What is the issue? Oxytocin is a natural hormone, which causes the uterus (womb) to have regular, painful contractions and labour to start. It is available as an intravenous (into a vein (IV)) drug ...

A new Cochrane Review published today has found that increasing the intake of omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA) during pregnancy reduces the risk of premature births.. Read this ...

People with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have less phosphate removal from their body via the kidneys, so that phosphate levels in the blood and in body tissues increase as kidney function decreases.

We included 104 studies involving 13,744 adults. Sixty-nine new studies were added to this 2018 update. Most placebo or usual care controlled studies were among participants with CKD G2 to G5 not ...

In 27 studies involving 12,651 participants, of whom 2368 (19%) had tuberculosis based on a microbiological reference standard, the parallel use of respiratory LC-aNAAT and urine LF-LAM had a pooled ...

Presenter Bios. Dr Kylie Hunter and Prof Anna Lene Seidler specialise in collaborative methodologies to improve the integrity and quality of research evidence via systematic reviews, individual ...

C19: Planning the search (Mandatory). Plan in advance the methods to be used for identifying studies. Design searches to capture as many studies as possible that meet the eligibility criteria, ...

Part 3 provides considerations for tackling systematic reviews from different perspectives, such as when thinking about specific populations, or complex interventions, or particular types of outcomes.

We included six studies using naproxen 275 mg, 500 mg, or 825 mg to treat attacks of moderate or severe pain intensity. Overall, 1241 participants took naproxen (275 mg to 825 mg), 229 took ...

Streamline your systematic reviews and meta-analyses with Cochrane's RevMan (Review Manager). Access powerful tools for efficient and high-quality study design, data management, analysis, and ...