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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cochrane发布高质量的健康相关证据，旨在改善全民健康。世界卫生组织、医疗专业人员以及像您这样的人们能够通过我们的证据来做出有关健康的明智选择。 简语概要是Cochrane提供的健康相关证据的概要，概要以人人均可理解的方式编写而成。 在Cochrane，我们 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Preterm infants requiring special and intensive care usually have problems with breathing, leading to organ damage, including brain damage. Caffeine helps preterm infants to breathe and decreases the ...