Medications for cognitive decline in people with Down syndrome |
Medications for daytime sleepiness in individuals with idiopathic hypersomnia |
Medications for discontinuation of long-term benzodiazepine use |
Medications for generalised itching (not caused by a disease affecting the whole body or changes in the skin (lesions) during pregnancy |
Medications for heavy menstrual bleeding and pain related to intrauterine devices used for birth control |
Medications for high blood pressure in children |
Medications for increasing milk supply in mothers expressing breastmilk for their hospitalised infants |
Medications for reducing contractions during labour for excessively strong/frequent contractions or where the unborn baby is thought to be distressed |
Medications for the management of opium withdrawal |
Medications or surgery for the treatment of open angle glaucoma |
Medications to help people to stop smoking: an overview of reviews |
Medications to prevent NSAID-induced gastroduodenal ulcers |
Medications to prevent post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): a review of the evidence |
Medications which promote stomach movement to relieve upper abdominal discomfort that does not have a specific cause |
Medicinal and Injection Therapies for mechanical neck disorders |
Medicinal herbs for acute hepatitis B |
Medicine that kills bacteria (antibiotics) or surgery: which works better to treat appendicitis? |
Medicine-free management of neonates' pain during endotracheal suctioning |
Medicine-free treatment for stuttering in children aged six years and younger |
Medicines for bipolar disorder in older people |
Medicines for central sleep apnoea in adults |
Medicines for children with reflux |
Medicines for emotionalism after stroke |
Medicines for preventing epilepsy following traumatic head injury |
Medicines for preventing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) |
Medicines for reducing inflammation in people with familial Mediterranean fever |
Medicines for second-stage human African trypanosomiasis |
Medicines for sleep problems in dementia |
Medicines for spinal muscular atrophy types II and III |
Medicines for the treatment of cannabis dependence |
Medicines for treating painful sickle cell crises in adults |
Medicines given before, during, or after surgery to prevent short spikes of eye pressure after laser surgery for glaucoma |
Medicines in the treatment of emergency department nausea and vomiting |
Medicines less commonly used for preventing high altitude illness |
Medicines that increase alertness (psychostimulants) for excessive daytime sleepiness (hypersomnia) in myotonic dystrophy |
Medicines to increase foetal haemoglobin levels and reduce the need for blood transfusion in people with non-transfusion-dependent thalassaemia |
Medicines to manage pain and discomfort in premature babies assisted with breathing machines and at risk of brain bleeding |
Medicines to prevent blockage of vascular access following surgery for formation of arteriovenous fistula or graft |
Medicines to prevent breast cancer in women at above-average risk of developing breast cancer |
Medicines to prevent hearing loss in children receiving platinum chemotherapy for cancer |
Medicines to prevent post-traumatic stress disorder for people with acute traumatic stress symptoms |
Medicines to prevent vestibular migraine |
Medicines to reduce pain and discomfort during spinal tap in newborns |
Medicines to reduce pain and discomfort during spinal tap in newborns |
Medicines to relieve indigestion that is not caused by ulcers. |
Medicines to treat delirium in critically ill adult patients |
Medicines to treat people with vascular dementia and other vascular cognitive impairments |
Meditation for adults with haematological malignancies |
Meditation therapies for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) |
Meditation therapy for anxiety disorders |
Mediterranean-style diet for the prevention of cardiovascular disease |
Meet the #CochraneLondon Social Media Ambassadors |
Meeting our Mission: A message from Cochrane’s Chief Executive Officer, Mark Wilson |
Mefloquine for preventing malaria in non-immune adult travellers |
Mefloquine for preventing malaria in pregnant women |
Megestrol acetate for treatment of anorexia-cachexia syndrome |
Meglitinide analogues for type 2 diabetes mellitus |
Melatonin and agomelatine for prevention of winter depression |
Melatonin for non-respiratory sleep disorders in children with neurodevelopmental disorders |
Melatonin for non-respiratory sleep disorders in typically developing children |
Melatonin for preoperative and postoperative anxiety in adults |
Melatonin for preventing pre-eclampsia |
Melatonin for sleep disorders in visually impaired children |
Melatonin for the prevention and treatment of jet lag |
Melatonin for tinnitus |
Melatonin for treating pre-eclampsia |
Melatonin to improve sleep in the intensive care unit |
Melatonin treatment for newborns with hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy |
Melatonin treatment may be effective for the treatment of dementia-related behavior disturbances |
Memantine as a treatment for dementia |
Memantine for dementia in people with Down syndrome |
Memantine for schizophrenia |
Membership Terms & Conditions |
Membrane sweeping for induction of labour |
Memory rehabilitation in multiple sclerosis |
Men and women with Ta and T1 bladder cancer were given two prophylactic treatments of BCG and Mitomycin C and compared. |
Mental Health First Aid as a tool for improving mental health and well-being |
Mental Health First Aid as a tool for improving mental health and well-being |
Mental health support in the community for refugee children and adolescents in high-income countries |
Mental health support in the community for refugee children and adolescents in high-income countries |
Mental practice to improve arm function and arm movement in individuals with hemiparesis after stroke |
Mentoring adolescents to prevent drug or alcohol use |
Meperidine (pethidine) for treatment of postoperative pain in adults |
Mepolizumab or benralizumab for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) |
Mepolizumab, reslizumab or benralizumab for people already taking inhaled steroids and long-acting beta 2-agonists for their asthma |
Mesenchymal stromal cells to treat or prevent graft-versus-host disease in stem cell transplant recipients |
Mesh fixation techniques for laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair in adults |
Mesh fixation techniques in ventral hernias |
Mesh or no mesh: what works best for groin hernias (swelling or lump in the groin area) requiring emergency surgery? |
Mesh prophylaxis for hernia in abdominal incisions |
Mesh reinforcement versus primary repair in laparoscopic paraoesophageal hernia repairs of the hiatus |
Message from the Governing Board |
Meta-analysis using individual participant data or summary aggregate data |
Meta-cognitive training for schizophrenia |
Metabolomics for improving pregnancy outcomes |
Metal implants used to fix broken bones in the hip joint in older adults |
Metal implants used to fix broken bones near the hip joint in older adults |
Metal tubes (stents) or surgery (endarterectomy) for treatment of carotid stenosis |
Metal versus non-metal backing of the tibial component for total knee replacement for osteoarthritis and/or rheumatoid arthritis. |
Metal-based, metallic fillings: is it better to repair or replace faulty metal-based fillings for adults? |
Metal-free materials for making crowns and bridges |
Metalloporphyrins for treatment of unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia in neonates |
Metformin added to insulin therapy for type 1 diabetes mellitus in adolescents |
Metformin and sulphonylurea combination therapy for adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus |
Metformin during ovulation induction with gonadotrophins in women with polycystic ovary syndrome |
Metformin for endometrial hyperplasia |
Metformin for obesity or overweight |
Metformin for ovulation induction in women with a diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome and subfertility |
Metformin for prevention/delay of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and associated complications in persons at increased risk for development of T2DM |
Metformin for women with obesity or who are overweight during pregnancy for improving health for women and their babies |
Metformin in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) for improving fertility |
Metformin monotherapy for type 2 diabetes mellitus |
Metformin versus the combined oral contraceptive pill for excessive facial/body hair, acne, and menstrual disorders in polycystic ovary syndrome |
Methadone (an opioid drug) for treating people with cancer pain |
Methadone at tapered doses for the management of opioid withdrawal |
Methadone for long-term non-cancer pain |
Methadone for neuropathic pain in adults |
Methadone maintenance at different dosages for opioid dependence |
Methadone maintenance therapy versus no opioid replacement therapy |
Methenamine hippurate for preventing urinary tract infections |
Methods and devices for graft fixation in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction |
Methods for administering subcutaneous heparin during pregnancy |
Methods for assessing pre-induction cervical ripening, the ability of the cervix to open in response to spontaneous uterine contractions |
Methods for cervical ripening and labour induction in late pregnancy: generic protocol |
Methods for estimating blood loss after vaginal birth to improve maternal outcomes |
Methods for informing people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/motor neuron disease of their diagnosis |
Methods for monitoring blood glucose in pregnant women with diabetes to improve outcomes |
Methods for obtaining unpublished data |
Methods for promoting sleep in children and young people in hospital without using medicines (non-medicinal) |
Methods for securing endotracheal tubes in newborn infants |
Methods for the drainage of fluid containing cancer cells that collect in the abdomen in women with gynaecological cancer |
Methods of communicating with children and adolescents about a family member's cancer |
Methods of decreasing infection to improve outcomes after liver resections |
Methods of emergency contraception |
Methods of gallbladder dissection for laparoscopic cholecystectomy |
Methods of induction of labour: a network meta-analysis |
Methods of intra-abdominal local anaesthetic administration in people undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy |
Methods of milk expression for lactating women |
Methods of pin site care for reducing infection and complications associated with external bone fixators and pins |
Methods of repair for obstetric anal sphincter injury |
Methods of securing peripheral vascular catheters to reduce morbidity in neonates |
Methods to decrease blood loss and transfusion requirements for liver transplantation |
Methods to improve healthcare worker hand hygiene to decrease infection in patient care |
Methods to increase response rates for data collected by telephone |
Methods to influence the completeness of response to self-administered questionnaires |
Methods to prevent people waking during surgery and remembering surgical events |
Methods to reduce pain with insertion of intrauterine contraception |
Methods to reduce shoulder pain after gynaecological keyhole surgery |
Methotrexate alone or in combination with other medications for rheumatoid arthritis |
Methotrexate alone versus methotrexate in combination with other medications for rheumatoid arthritis |
Methotrexate as a steroid sparing agent for asthma in adults |
Methotrexate for ankylosing spondylitis |
Methotrexate for giant cell arteritis |
Methotrexate for high-grade osteosarcoma in children and young adults |
Methotrexate for keeping ulcerative colitis inactive |
Methotrexate for patients with primary biliary cirrhosis |
Methotrexate for polymyalgia rheumatica |
Methotrexate for psoriasis |
Methotrexate for psoriatic arthritis |
Methotrexate for treating rheumatoid arthritis |
Methotrexate for treatment of active treatment resistant Crohn's disease |
Methotrexate for treatment of chronic active ulcerative colitis |
Methotrexate for treatment of inactive Crohn's disease |
Methyldopa reduces blood pressure in people with high blood pressure |
Methylene blue for treating malaria |
Methylphenidate for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents - assessment of harmful effects |
Methylxanthine for preventing morbidity and mortality in preterm infants: a network meta-analysis |
Methylxanthine treatment for apnoea in preterm infants |
Methylxanthines for exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
Methylxanthines for prolonged non-specific cough in children |
Methylxanthines for the prevention or treatment of intermittent hypoxemia or respiratory insufficiency in late preterm infants |
Metoclopramide for accurate placement of naso-enteral feeding tube |
Metoclopramide for chronic nausea in adult palliative care patients with advanced cancer |
Metoclopramide, thickened feedings, and positioning for gastro-oesophageal reflux in children under two years |
Metrifonate for Alzheimer's disease |
Metronidazole for pain after haemorrhoid surgery |
mHealth-delivered education interventions in heart failure, using smartphone, tablet and internet-based programmes and apps |
mHealth-delivered education interventions in heart failure, using smartphone, tablet and internet-based programmes and apps |
Micro-invasive treatments for managing dental decay on adjacent tooth surfaces in children's and adults' teeth |
Microfinance-based interventions for health outcomes in persons of low socio-economic status |
Micronutrient supplementation for children with HIV infection |
Micronutrient supplementation interventions to reduce harm in pregnant and lactating women living with HIV |
Micronutrient supplements for non-pregnant adults with HIV infection |
Microsurgical versus complex physical decongestive therapy for chronic breast cancer-related lymphoedema |
Microwave coagulation for liver metastases |
Microwave therapy for cervical ectropion |
Mid-level health workers for improving the delivery of health services |
Mid-urethral sling operations for stress urinary incontinence in women |
Midazolam for sedation before procedures |
Midline or off-midline wound closure techniques: which works better to treat pilonidal sinus disease? |
Mifepristone for induction of labour |
Mifepristone for uterine fibroids |
Milk boosters (galactagogues) for mothers breastfeeding their healthy infants born at term |
Millions of lives could be saved if health evidence and communication is put at forefront of pandemic preparedness |
Milnacipran for fibromyalgia in adults |
Milnacipran for neuropathic pain in adults |
Milnacipran versus other antidepressive agents for depression |
Milrinone for persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn |
Milrinone for the treatment of cardiac dysfunction in neonates |
Milrinone to prevent reduced heart function and death after heart surgery in children |
Mind-body interventions during pregnancy for preventing or treating women's anxiety |
Mind-body movement therapies for Parkinson's disease |
Mindfulness for improving mental well-being in medical students and junior doctors |
Mindfulness-based interventions for adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus |
Mindfulness-based interventions for substance use disorders |
Mindfulness-based stress reduction for family carers of people with dementia |
Mindfulness-based stress reduction for women with breast cancer |
Mindfulness-enhanced parenting programs for improving outcomes for children and their parents |
Mindfulness-enhanced parenting programs for improving outcomes for children and their parents |
Mini keyhole operation versus standard keyhole operation for removal of the gallbladder |
Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) for the detection of dementia in people aged over 65 |
Minimal access drainage procedures for patients with necrotising pancreatitis |
Minimally invasive (keyhole) surgery versus radiotherapy alone or radiotherapy and chemotherapy for early-stage throat cancer |
Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy versus bilateral neck exploration for primary hyperparathyroidism in adults |
Minimally invasive surgery (robotic or laparoscopic) versus laparotomy for advanced ovarian cancer |
Minimally invasive surgery compared to open surgery for the treatment of solid tumours located in the chest or the abdomen of children |
Minimally invasive surgical approaches for total hip arthroplasty in adults with osteoarthritis |
Minimally invasive surgical techniques for kidney transplantation |
Minimally invasive surgical techniques versus open myomectomy for uterine fibroids |
Minimally invasive trabecular meshwork surgery for open-angle glaucoma |
Minimally invasive treatments to dissolve blood clots in the lungs (acute pulmonary embolism) |
Minimally invasive versus open pancreatoduodenectomy in benign, premalignant, and malignant disease. |
Minimally invasive versus surgical treatment of an aneurysm of the popliteal artery |
Minimizing blood sampling in preterm infants |
Minocycline for acne vulgaris: efficacy and safety |
Minocycline for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or motor neuron disease |
Mirror therapy for improving movement after stroke |
Mirror therapy, graded motor imagery and virtual illusion for the management of chronic pain |
Mirtazapine as an add-on treatment for schizophrenia |
Mirtazapine for treating fibromyalgia in adults |
Mirtazapine versus other antidepressive agents for depression |
Miscellaneous treatments for antipsychotic-induced tardive dyskinesia |
Misoprostol for cervical priming prior to IUD insertion in nulliparous women |
Misoprostol for induction of labour to terminate pregnancy in the second or third trimester for women with a fetal anomaly or following intrauterine fetal death |
Misoprostol for intrauterine device placement |
Mistletoe extracts for cancer treatment |
Mistletoe treatment in cancer patients |
Mitomycin C for glaucoma surgery |
Mitomycin C for prevention of postoperative haze following excimer laser surface ablation in moderate to high myopia |
Mitomycin C versus 5-Fluorouracil for wound healing in glaucoma surgery |
Mitral repair with annuloplasty for moderate ischemic mitral regurgitation in people undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery |
Mixed exercise programmes for adults with fibromyalgia |
Mobile clinics for women's and children's health |
Mobile health (m-health) technological support for women during pregnancy or the first six weeks postpartum, or both |
Mobile learning for delivering health professional education |
Mobile phone messaging - a telemedicine for people with diabetes mellitus |
Mobile phone messaging for communicating results of medical investigations |
Mobile phone messaging for facilitating self-management of long-term illnesses |
Mobile phone messaging for preventive health care |
Mobile phone messaging reminders for attendance at healthcare appointments |