We scrutinised findings from 176 trials, which included almost 30,000 patients.
Blood Pressure Targets – How Low Can You Get?
Want to stay healthy and live to a ripe old age?
Want to stay healthy and live to a ripe old age?
Breathe Dance for Strength & Balance: Offering Choice, Delivering Benefits
Breathe recognises the need to offer patients choice over their healthcare pathway.
Breathe recognises the need to offer patients choice over their healthcare pathway.
Ear Drops to Remove Earwax: A Quick Look
In this short blog, Professor Martin Burton looks at the evidence on ear drops for removing earwax, and some things to think about, including whether you need to remove it at all. Professor Burton is an ear nose and throat doctor and an author of the Cochrane Review on ear drops to remove earwax.
In this short blog, Professor Martin Burton looks at the evidence on ear drops for removing earwax, and some things to think about, including whether you need to remove it at all. Professor Burton is an ear nose and throat doctor and an author of the Cochrane Review on ear drops to remove earwax.
Physical Exercise for People With Parkinson’s: Do What You Enjoy
In this blog for people living with Parkinson’s, and those who support them, older person’s doctor Charlotte Squires and sport and exercise medicine doctor Rebecca Gould, look at new evidence on how physical exercise can help people with Parkinson’s and share some of their experiences in supporting people to be more active. Lis Kirkness, who lives with Parkinson’s, writes about her experience of trying both old and new forms of exercise, and the benefits she has felt not only to her symptoms but also her overall well-being.
In this blog for people living with Parkinson’s, and those who support them, older person’s doctor Charlotte Squires and sport and exercise medicine doctor Rebecca Gould, look at new evidence on how physical exercise can help people with Parkinson’s and share some of their experiences in supporting people to be more active. Lis Kirkness, who lives with Parkinson’s, writes about her experience of trying both old and new forms of exercise, and the benefits she has felt not only to her symptoms but also her overall well-being.
Dementia and Hearing Conditions: What Do We Most Need To Know?
A new project aims to find out what are the top questions that need answering about dementia and hearing conditions, in the first Priority Setting Partnership (PSP) to look at two health areas together. Sarah Chapman looks at what this is about, and hears from some of those involved in the PSP about what it hopes to achieve and why it’s important.
A new project aims to find out what are the top questions that need answering about dementia and hearing conditions, in the first Priority Setting Partnership (PSP) to look at two health areas together. Sarah Chapman looks at what this is about, and hears from some of those involved in the PSP about what it hopes to achieve and why it’s important.
Preventing Falls in Older People: New Evidence on What Helps
Sarah Chapman from Cochrane UK shares new evidence on what can be done to reduce falls in older people at home by assessing hazards and making adaptations to the home environment and, importantly, who is likely to benefit most from these.
Sarah Chapman from Cochrane UK shares new evidence on what can be done to reduce falls in older people at home by assessing hazards and making adaptations to the home environment and, importantly, who is likely to benefit most from these.
What Health Evidence Can We Trust When We Need It Most?
In a blog for anyone looking for support in making health decisions, Dr Jenny McSharry, Health Psychologist and lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of Galway, explains what systematic reviews are and why they are a particularly trustworthy source of health evidence.
In a blog for anyone looking for support in making health decisions, Dr Jenny McSharry, Health Psychologist and lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of Galway, explains what systematic reviews are and why they are a particularly trustworthy source of health evidence.
Making Healthcare Decisions for and With Our Children
In a blog for parents and guardians, Rufaro Ndokera, a children’s intensive care doctor who is also a mother, discusses things to consider when making decisions for children and young people.
In a blog for parents and guardians, Rufaro Ndokera, a children’s intensive care doctor who is also a mother, discusses things to consider when making decisions for children and young people.
Problem Gambling: What Can Help?
In a blog for people who think they may have a problem controlling their gambling, or who are concerned about someone who does, GP Robert Walton looks at recent Cochrane evidence on what might help.
In a blog for people who think they may have a problem controlling their gambling, or who are concerned about someone who does, GP Robert Walton looks at recent Cochrane evidence on what might help.
Treatments To Prevent Travel Sickness: A Quick Look
In this short blog, Dr Robert Walton looks at the evidence on treatments to prevent travel sickness (motion sickness).
In this short blog, Dr Robert Walton looks at the evidence on treatments to prevent travel sickness (motion sickness).
Is Yoga Good for Back Pain? Here’s the Evidence
In this blog, Jack Leahy, Cochrane UK’s Communications and Engagement Officer, writes about his own experience of practising yoga and the latest Cochrane evidence on yoga for people with chronic non-specific low back pain to find out: is yoga good for your back?
In this blog, Jack Leahy, Cochrane UK’s Communications and Engagement Officer, writes about his own experience of practising yoga and the latest Cochrane evidence on yoga for people with chronic non-specific low back pain to find out: is yoga good for your back?
How to Stop Smoking: A Look at the Cochrane Evidence
In this blog for people wanting to stop smoking, Robert Walton, a very general practitioner, looks at Cochrane evidence to help you start your new smoke-free life.
In this blog for people wanting to stop smoking, Robert Walton, a very general practitioner, looks at Cochrane evidence to help you start your new smoke-free life.
Recognising and Managing Frailty in Older Adults
In this blog for healthcare professionals wanting to know more about frailty and how best to care for older adults, Dr James Garrard, Registrar in Geriatric Medicine, looks at the importance of recognising frailty and the latest evidence on Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment.
In this blog for healthcare professionals wanting to know more about frailty and how best to care for older adults, Dr James Garrard, Registrar in Geriatric Medicine, looks at the importance of recognising frailty and the latest evidence on Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment.
Making Health Decisions: Things That Can Help
In a blog for anyone making health decisions, big or small, Sarah Chapman looks at some key things that can help you make a choice that feels right for you and reduce the risk that you’ll regret your choices later on.
In a blog for anyone making health decisions, big or small, Sarah Chapman looks at some key things that can help you make a choice that feels right for you and reduce the risk that you’ll regret your choices later on.
Male Infertility: What Is an Important Outcome?
In a blog for anyone interested in male infertility research, Astrid Cantineau, specialist in reproductive medicine, looks at the problem of poor evidence for treatments for male infertility and how COMMIT (Core Outcome Measures for Infertility Trials), a global project, is working to change this by establishing what trials should measure. You are invited to tell researchers what you think is important to measure in a questionnaire.
In a blog for anyone interested in male infertility research, Astrid Cantineau, specialist in reproductive medicine, looks at the problem of poor evidence for treatments for male infertility and how COMMIT (Core Outcome Measures for Infertility Trials), a global project, is working to change this by establishing what trials should measure. You are invited to tell researchers what you think is important to measure in a questionnaire.