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Oseltamivir and zanamivir have been stockpiled in many countries to treat and prevent seasonal and pandemic influenza, before an influenza vaccine matched to the circulating virus becomes available.

Through our global network of Cochrane Groups, we harness a wide variety of specialist interests, skills and knowledge that help us create high quality, relevant health evidence. Our Thematic Groups ...

Thiazolidinediones are medications that reduce blood glucose levels and are now used to help people with chronic kidney disease (CKD: defined as long-term damage to the kidneys that reduces their ...

In future, as the population ages, the number of people in our communities suffering with dementia will rise dramatically. This will not only affect the quality of life of people with dementia but ...

We reviewed the evidence about the effects of applying honey on the healing of any kind of wound. We found 26 studies involving 3011 people with many different kinds of wounds. Honey was compared with ...

We set out to assess the effectiveness of all kinds of epidural analgesia (including combined-spinal-epidural) on the mother and the baby, when compared with non-epidural or no pain relief during ...

People with cardiovascular disease (i.e. affecting the heart and blood vessels) who use low-dose colchicine for at least six months will reduce their risk of myocardial infarction (heart attack) and ...

People with schizophrenia will often hear voices or see things (hallucinations) and have strange beliefs (delusions). They may also experience apathy, tiredness, lack of drive and disorganised ...

Cochrane เผยแพร่หลักฐานด้านสุขภาพที่มีคุณภาพสูงเพื่อปรับปรุงสุขภาพสำหรับทุกคน องค์การอนามัยโลก ผู้ประกอบวิชาชีพด้านสุขภาพ ...

This summary of a Cochrane Review presents what we know from research about the benefits and harms of tramadol (a pain reliever) for treating osteoarthritis (OA). We examined the published research up ...

We reviewed the evidence of the effect of speech and language therapy (SLT) on language problems experienced by people after a stroke (known as aphasia). About a third of people who suffer a stroke ...