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  • The findings of this research may challenge the prescribing of H1 antihistamines for patients with eczema.
    The findings of this Cochrane Review may challenge the prescribing of H1 antihistamines for patients with eczema.This Cochrane Review assessed the effects of oral H1 antihistamines as 'add-on' therapy to topical treatment in adults and children with eczema. Are H1 antihistamines taken as tablets or liquid, effective and safe in people of any age...
    5 febrero 2019
  • February is  marked as 'Heart Month' - a time to bring attention to the importance of cardiovascular health, and what we can to reduce our risk of cardiovascular disease.
    In North America and elsewhere, February is  marked as 'Heart Month' - a time to bring attention to the importance of cardiovascular health, and what we can to reduce our risk of cardiovascular disease.The Cochrane Heart Group was established in 1998. Its  aim is to prepare, maintain and promote the access of systematic reviews of the effect of...
    1 febrero 2019
  • Promoting patient utilisation of cardiac rehabilitation
    Cochrane reviewers from Canada, the UK and Brazil came together to assess how to get more patients using cardiac rehabilitation programmes, which aid recovery from cardiac events such as heart attack, coronary stent placement, and bypass surgery, and reduce the likelihood of further illness. 

    Cardiac rehabilitation programmes offer the...
    1 febrero 2019
  • Free access to all included Cochrane Reviews
    Special Collection updated to include the latest Cochrane Evidence
    Falling is a common problem and is an often-overlooked cause of injury in the elderly. Falls increase in frequency with advancing age and increasing frailty. Falls should not be considered an inevitable consequence of ageing. The Cochrane Reviews in this Special Collection...
    1 febrero 2019
  • Meeting our Mission
    ‘Cochrane exists so that healthcare decisions get better.’ That is the first sentence of our Strategy to 2020. We want individuals around the world to enjoy ‘Better Health’ because high-quality, relevant, accessible Cochrane evidence is changing decision making and improving health outcomes. Every Cochrane collaborator volunteering their time and...
    31 enero 2019
  • New Cochrane review assesses the benefits and harms of exercise for preventing falls in older people living in the community
    New evidence published in the Cochrane Library today provides strong evidence that falls in people over sixty-years old can be prevented by exercise programmes. Falls are a leading cause of accidental or unintentional injury deaths worldwide. Older adults suffer the greatest number of fatal falls and over 37 million falls are severe enough to...
    31 enero 2019
  • After leading Cochrane Germany for over 20 years, Professor Gerd Antes has stepped down as Director.
    After leading Cochrane Germany for over 20 years, Professor Gerd Antes has stepped down as Director.Gerd has focused his career on contributing to evidence-based medicine in Germany. While working on developing Cochrane Germany, he was also one of the founders of the German Network for Evidence Based Medicine. A recurrent theme during all these...
    30 enero 2019
  • To assess the effects of electromechanical and robot-assisted arm training for improving arm function in people who have had a stroke.
    A common consequence for people who have a stroke is a reduction in their arm function. Various approaches are available to try to help and, in September 2018, the Cochrane Review for one of these, electromechanical and robot‐assisted arm training, was updated by a team of researchers from Germany. We asked lead author, Jan Mehrholz from Dresden...
    30 enero 2019
  • Cochrane's 30 under 30:  Petter Brattström
    Cochrane is made up of 13,000 members and over 50,000 supporters who come from more than 130 countries, worldwide. Our volunteers and contributors are researchers, health professionals, patients, carers, people passionate about improving health outcomes for everyone, everywhere.

    Cochrane is an incredible community of people who all play...
    29 enero 2019
  • Joint Cochrane Oral Health Co-ordinating Editor, Helen Worthington, awarded BDA's 2019 John Tomes Medal
    Cochrane Oral Heath's Joint Co-ordinating Editor, Professor Helen Worthington, has been awarded a John Tomes Medal by the British Dental Association's 2019 Honours and Awards round, for her extensive contributions and influence in promoting evidence-based oral healthcare. In her role as Director of Evidence for Practice at The University of...
    28 enero 2019
  • Cochrane's 30 under 30:  Andrea Cervera Alepuz
    Cochrane is made up of 13,000 members and over 50,000 supporters who come from more than 130 countries, worldwide. Our volunteers and contributors are researchers, health professionals, patients, carers, people passionate about improving health outcomes for everyone, everywhere.

    Cochrane is an incredible community of people who all play...
    28 enero 2019
  • Adrenaline and vasopressin for cardiac arrest
    Authors of this new Cochrane review addressed the question, “Do the drugs adrenaline or vasopressin improve survival in cardiac arrest?”Cardiac arrest occurs when someone's heart unexpectedly stops beating. Without any treatment, death occurs within minutes. Treatments that are proven to work in cardiac arrest include cardiopulmonary resuscitation...
    28 enero 2019
  • Cochrane is proud to be on the leading front of contributing to the reliability, completeness, and accuracy of Wikipedia medical information.
    Wikipedia, the multilingual encyclopedia, is the world’s largest and most visited online general reference website. It is also one of the most read sources of online medical information by the general public, and it is used by medical students, doctors, and policymakers. Wikipedia has, for years, been virtually in the top five most accessed...
    23 enero 2019
  • “Will people taking a macrolide antibiotic experience more adverse events than those treated with placebo?”
    The review 'Adverse events in people taking macrolide antibiotics'  asked, “Will people taking a macrolide antibiotic experience more adverse events than those treated with placebo?”Macrolide antibiotics are one of many types of antibiotic. They are commonly used to treat both acute and chronic infections. The four most commonly used macrolides...
    21 enero 2019
  • We are very pleased to welcome you to the 2019 Cochrane Colloquium to be held in Santiago Chile on 22 - 25 October 2019 - so mark your calendar
    We are very pleased to welcome you to the 2019 Cochrane Colloquium to be held in Santiago, Chile on 22 - 25 October 2019 - so mark your calendars! The Cochrane Colloquium is an annual event, bringing people together from around the world to discuss putting research into important global health questions and promoting evidence-informed health care...
    17 enero 2019
  • Cerebrolysin for acute ischaemic stroke
    When someone has an acute ischemic stroke, urgent and reliable treatments will reduce their risks of disability or dying from their brain tissue damage. The treatments used vary around the world, and a drug called cerebrolysin is widely used in post-Soviet countries, Eastern Europe, Central and Southeast Asia. In April 2017, the latest update of...
    17 enero 2019
  •  Examining evidence for routine scale and polish treatment – an updated Cochrane Review
    Examining evidence for routine scale and polish treatment – an updated review The Cochrane Review 'Routine scale and polish for periodontal health in adults' was carried out by authors working with Cochrane Oral Health to assess the effects of routine scale and polish treatments for healthy adults and to establish whether different time intervals...
    16 enero 2019
  • Cochrane'e Editorin Chief's response to BMJ Article  - 'Cochrane is thriving'
    David Tovey, Editor in Chief of the Cochrane Library, responds to a recent article in The BMJ, 'Has Cochrane lost its way?' David Tovey states that; "Cochrane is at its most effective when it adheres to its 10 key principles, which promote a culture that is open, diverse, inclusive and outwards facing, a community that is vibrant and iconoclastic...
    15 enero 2019
  • Cochrane's 30 under 30: Robin Vernooij
    Cochrane is made up of 13,000 members and over 50,000 supporters who come from more than 130 countries, worldwide. Our volunteers and contributors are researchers, health professionals, patients, carers, people passionate about improving health outcomes for everyone, everywhere.Cochrane is an incredible community of people who all play their part...
    15 enero 2019
  • Call for 'Expressions of Interest' to Join the Cochrane US Network now open
    Following consultations in September and October 2018, Cochrane has decided to establish a Cochrane US Network. This US wide Network aims to engage institutions and organizations involved in evidence-informed health care in the US. The call for ‘Expressions of Interest’ to join the Cochrane US Network is now open. This call invites US-based...
    14 enero 2019

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