Smoking tobacco is extremely bad for people’s health. For people who smoke, quitting is the best thing they can do to improve their health. Many people find it difficult to quit smoking. We wanted to ...

Most children with growth-plate pain (apophysitis) get better over time. Whether treatment for apophysitis affects short-term pain, physical function, and participation in sport is uncertain. It is ...

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 ...

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 ...

What is antibiotic-associated diarrhea? Antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD) occurs when antibiotics disturb the natural balance of "good" and "bad" bacteria in the intestinal tract causing harmful ...

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, ...

Two new Cochrane reviews show strong and consistent evidence that HPV vaccines are effective in preventing cervical cancer and pre-cancerous changes, especially when given to young people before they ...

Drugs that target amyloid beta proteins in the brain likely have no clinically meaningful positive effects, while increasing the risk of bleeding and swelling in the brain, a new Cochrane review has ...

Does acupuncture safely reduce pain and improve back-related function and quality of life for people with chronic nonspecific LBP? We reviewed 33 trials (37 articles) with 8270 participants. The ...

A Cochrane review has found the strongest evidence yet that e-cigarettes, also known as ‘vapes’, help people to quit smoking better than traditional nicotine replacement therapies, such as patches and ...

We come across 'evidence syntheses' on an almost day-to-day basis, but do we know what it is and why it's so imporant? Cochrane Ireland and Evidence Synthesis Ireland are working together to create ...

What is the aim of this review? The aim of this Cochrane Review was to find out if cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is effective for tinnitus. Cochrane researchers collected and analysed all ...