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Health Services Fail Adults With Cerebral Palsy: Research Shows What Must Change
In this blog written for both healthcare professionals and adults with cerebral palsy (CP), researcher Dr Manjula Manikandan and her team explain their recent research about how health services are failing adults with cerebral palsy – and what needs to change.
In this blog written for both healthcare professionals and adults with cerebral palsy (CP), researcher Dr Manjula Manikandan and her team explain their recent research about how health services are failing adults with cerebral palsy – and what needs to change.
Loneliness in Young Adulthood: The Research So Far
In this blog for youth organisations or anyone interested in young adult loneliness, Emma Kirwan, PhD Researcher in the Department of Psychology at the University of Limerick, looks at what research can tell us about loneliness in young adulthood.
In this blog for youth organisations or anyone interested in young adult loneliness, Emma Kirwan, PhD Researcher in the Department of Psychology at the University of Limerick, looks at what research can tell us about loneliness in young adulthood.
Probiotics, Prebiotics & Synbiotics: The Evidence Behind the Claims
Synbiotic is the word for a product that contains both a probiotic and a prebiotic.
Synbiotic is the word for a product that contains both a probiotic and a prebiotic.
Acute Middle Ear Infections in Children: Evidence on Ways to Prevent and Treat Them
In a blog for anyone interested in preventing and treating acute middle ear infections in children, Sarah Chapman from Cochrane UK looks at the Cochrane evidence on various approaches.
In a blog for anyone interested in preventing and treating acute middle ear infections in children, Sarah Chapman from Cochrane UK looks at the Cochrane evidence on various approaches.
Quitting Smoking: The Latest Evidence About What Works
We answer some questions you may have if you’re trying to quit smoking – based on the latest trustworthy evidence from Cochrane.
We answer some questions you may have if you’re trying to quit smoking – based on the latest trustworthy evidence from Cochrane.
Mental Health First Aid Training: Widely Adopted, but Is It Evidence-Based?
We focused on how effective MHFA training was when compared to having no training.
We focused on how effective MHFA training was when compared to having no training.
Blue Light-Filtering Lenses: Useful for Eye Strain, Sleep, & Eye Health? Here’s the Evidence
Glasses with blue light-filtering lenses are widely marketed and routinely prescribed by eye care professionals. It has been claimed these lenses can help with reducing eye strain, improving sleep, and protecting eye health.
Glasses with blue light-filtering lenses are widely marketed and routinely prescribed by eye care professionals. It has been claimed these lenses can help with reducing eye strain, improving sleep, and protecting eye health.
Alcohol Dependence: Evidence and Experience on 12 Steps to Recovery
In a blog for anyone worried about their drinking, or supporting someone with alcohol dependence, Sarah Chapman from Cochrane UK looks at evidence for the effectiveness of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and other 12 step programmes, and hears from some people with experience of becoming sober through AA.
In a blog for anyone worried about their drinking, or supporting someone with alcohol dependence, Sarah Chapman from Cochrane UK looks at evidence for the effectiveness of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and other 12 step programmes, and hears from some people with experience of becoming sober through AA.
Vitamin D Supplements for Better Health – What’s the Evidence?
Who should consider taking vitamin D supplements?
Who should consider taking vitamin D supplements?
Myopia in Children: Is There Anything That Can Slow Its Progression?
Myopia, a 21st-century global public health problem
Myopia, a 21st-century global public health problem
Stroke Survivors: Measuring What Is Important in Speech Recovery
You probably don’t realise how twinned your voice and your personality are.
You probably don’t realise how twinned your voice and your personality are.
Cranberries to Prevent Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs): A Quick Look
Can cranberries prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs) from coming back? What other options are available without a prescription? In this short blog for women with UTIs that come back (recurrent UTIs), Selena Ryan-Vig from Cochrane UK looks at the evidence.
Can cranberries prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs) from coming back? What other options are available without a prescription? In this short blog for women with UTIs that come back (recurrent UTIs), Selena Ryan-Vig from Cochrane UK looks at the evidence.
ADHD: Evidence to Help You Decide How Best to Manage the Condition
It’s a diagnosis that sometimes creeps up on you. Parents may have thought for some time that their child was more easily distracted than other children, with a short attention span and always forgetful and losing things.
It’s a diagnosis that sometimes creeps up on you. Parents may have thought for some time that their child was more easily distracted than other children, with a short attention span and always forgetful and losing things.
Cognitive Stimulation for People With Dementia: Making a Difference
Cognitive stimulation is a structured approach that aims to engage people with dementia in enjoyable activities that generally stimulate areas of cognition such as thinking, language skills, concentration and memory.
Cognitive stimulation is a structured approach that aims to engage people with dementia in enjoyable activities that generally stimulate areas of cognition such as thinking, language skills, concentration and memory.
Ear-Related Balance Disorders: Evidence and Resources
In this way, a distinguished neurologist introduced a chapter on giddiness in a much-used textbook of neurology.
In this way, a distinguished neurologist introduced a chapter on giddiness in a much-used textbook of neurology.