The Cochrane Library is a collection of six databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making, and a seventh database that provides information about groups in The Cochrane Collaboration.
For immunocompetent adults with recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (rCDI), fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) yields a significant increase in resolution compared with alternative treatments, according to a ...
May 16, 2023
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Interventions aimed at reducing work-related stress for individual health care workers may lead to improvements in how people cope with stress up to a year later. Findings from a Cochrane review of the latest available evidence ...
May 11, 2023
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Most antidepressants used for chronic pain are being prescribed with "insufficient" evidence of their effectiveness, scientists have warned.
May 9, 2023
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A new study, published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and led by an Upstate Medical University professor, has found that compared with standard antibiotic treatment, stool transplantation can increase the ...
Apr 24, 2023
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Drinking cranberry juice has long been a mythical prevention strategy for women who develop a urinary tract infection—and new medical evidence shows consuming cranberry products is an effective way to prevent a UTI before ...
Apr 20, 2023
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Physical exercise can help to improve the severity of movement-related symptoms and the quality of life in people with Parkinson's disease. Findings from the first Cochrane review of the available evidence has found that ...
Mar 15, 2023
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Eliminating hazards around the home, such as clutter, stairs without railings and poor lighting, can reduce the risk of falls for older people by around a quarter, according to a new paper published in the Cochrane Database ...
Mar 9, 2023
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Spinal cord stimulation, a medical technology suggested to treat people with chronic back pain, does not provide long-term relief and may cause harm, according to a Cochrane Review released today.
Mar 8, 2023
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Taking vitamin D supplements does not reduce the risk of asthma attacks in children or adults, according to an updated Cochrane Review.
Feb 5, 2023
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A comprehensive review of all the evidence available from randomized controlled trials of COVID 19 vaccines up to November 2021 has concluded that most protect against infection and severe or critical illness caused by the ...
Dec 6, 2022
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