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Early birth safer for mother and baby in high blood pressure pregnancies
21 May 2026
Planned early birth for pregnant women with high blood pressure cuts maternal complications by nearly half and reduces the risk of stillbirth, without increasing the likelihood of caesarean section, according to a new Cochrane review.
Screening modestly reduces prostate cancer deaths
11 May 2026
Blood tests to detect potential signs of prostate cancer likely reduce the risk of dying from prostate cancer, an updated Cochrane review finds. This is a shift from the previous version of the review.
Anti-amyloid Alzheimer’s drugs show no clinically meaningful effect
16 April 2026
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 found.
Simple antiseptic can reduce newborn infections
26 March 2026
A new Cochrane review finds that chlorhexidine likely cuts umbilical cord infection rates by about 29% in low- and middle- income countries, and may reduce newborn deaths.
Rupa Sarkar joins Cochrane as Editor in Chief
23 March 2026
The Cochrane Collaboration is delighted to announce that Rupa Sarkar starts today as the new Editor in Chief.
Leaders across evidence synthesis reflect on giving, trust and the future of evidence
6 March 2026
As International Women’s Day is marked around the world, women in leadership roles across the evidence and health sectors are reflecting on their careers, lessons learned and what it means to ‘give’ as a leader.
Food fortification is highly cost-effective in fighting hidden hunger across 63 countries
5 March 2026
A comprehensive new systematic review published in The Journal of Nutrition provides the latest evidence that large-scale food fortification is a highly cost-effective intervention for reducing global malnutrition.
Sugar comforts newborn babies during painful procedures
4 March 2026
A new Cochrane review has found that sucrose can help with pain relief in newborn babies during common hospital procedures, such as venepuncture. This involves drawing blood with a needle, typically for testing.
Cochrane evidence to inform OpenEvidence users
3 March 2026
A new partnership between Cochrane’s publishing partner Wiley and the medical AI platform OpenEvidence will see Cochrane evidence helping to inform the platform’s users, including more than 40% of US physicians.
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