Offering counselling plus nicotine replacement therapy (a treatment that provides nicotine in a safer form than tobacco smoking to help people reduce cravings and withdrawal symptoms), during a stay ...

School-based programmes may prevent adolescents from starting to use electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and a community-based programme delivered by text message probably helps adolescents quit ...

Compared to no physical activity, any type of physical activity may help children with obesity to reduce their BMI slightly (the 'body mass index' is used to check if someone is a healthy weight) and ...

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In these videos from a Cochrane Learning Live webinar delivered in partnership with GESI: the Global Evidence Synthesis Initiative, Dr Andrea C. Tricco presents the definition of a scoping review, ...

What is the aim of this review? The aim of this Cochrane Review was to find out what happens when primary healthcare services are delivered by nurses instead of doctors. We collected and analysed all ...

Resumos para Leigos (Plain Language Summaries - PLS) são resumos das evidências em saúde produzidas pela Cochrane, escritos de uma forma que todos possam entender. Na Cochrane, escrevemos revisões ...

The methodologies associated with the systematic review of qualitative research evidence, conducted either as a stand-alone review or as a part of a review of complex interventions, systems or of ...

Systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) summarize the evidence about test accuracy. Ideally, they also investigate why the results may vary among studies, compare the performance of ...

Module 11 has been written and compiled by: Jennifer Petkovic, Campbell and Cochrane Equity Methods Group, Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Canada Vivian Welch, Campbell and Cochrane ...

Neuropathic pain is pain coming from damaged nerves, and can have a variety of different names. Some of the more common are painful diabetic neuropathy, postherpetic neuralgia, or post-stroke pain. It ...

Review question: This Cochrane review has evaluated whether phytoestrogen treatments reduce the number and severity of hot flushes and whether they are safe and acceptable. Background: Hormone therapy ...