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Breast cancer risk models fall short for women with family history
1 Junho 2026
Researchers from Trinity College Dublin, St James’s Hospital, and collaborating institutions have carried out the most comprehensive review to date of tools used to estimate breast cancer risk in women with a family history of the disease.
Early birth safer for mother and baby in high blood pressure pregnancies
21 Maio 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 Maio 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.
What makes Cochrane’s new AI study innovative?
17 Abril 2026
Cochrane has released a pre-print of the protocol for our innovative study that will test whether artificial intelligence (AI) tools can support or enhance evidence synthesis. Gerald Gartlehner from Cochrane Austria, Principal Investigator for the study, discusses how the study works, and what makes it interesting.
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