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 ...

Compared to placebo (a sham medication), tirzepatide likely helps adults with obesity lose weight in the medium term (up to 2 years), and this weight reduction is likely to be maintained over the long ...

Liraglutide compared with placebo (a sham medication) likely increases the number of people who lose at least 5% of their body weight, but its impact on unwanted effects, quality of life, and major ...

In people with cancer, CBT-I may slightly improve insomnia severity, sleep quality, and most sleep diary parameters without introducing additional unwanted or harmful events. However, we are very ...

Adults with obesity lose more weight with semaglutide than with placebo (a sham medication). However, the risk of unwanted events is probably higher than with placebo after 24 months. Semaglutide ...

• Antibiotics seem to reduce surgical site infections in people undergoing surgery to fix the lower limb arteries (peripheral arterial reconstruction of the lower limb).

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 ...

The first module on intro to systematic review gave me clear and comprehensive knowledge on why this research method is important to all key holders and why there is a need for more people (both ...

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Molnupiravir is a pill used to treat COVID-19 in people who are at high risk of developing severe illness. It works by interfering with the ability of SARS‑CoV‑2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) to ...

Sedation using propofol instead of traditional sedatives may improve recovery time and patient satisfaction scores for people undergoing colonoscopy. Propofol sedation has little to no effect on ...

Кокрейн публикует доказательства о здоровье и в здравоохранении высокого качества, чтобы улучшить здоровье всех. Всемирная организация ...