Thiazolidinediones are medications that reduce blood glucose levels and are now used to help people with chronic kidney disease (CKD: defined as long-term damage to the kidneys that reduces their ...

People with cardiovascular disease (i.e. affecting the heart and blood vessels) who use low-dose colchicine for at least six months will reduce their risk of myocardial infarction (heart attack) and ...

Preterm infants requiring special and intensive care usually have problems with breathing, leading to organ damage, including brain damage. Caffeine helps preterm infants to breathe and decreases the ...

Through our global network of Cochrane Groups, we harness a wide variety of specialist interests, skills and knowledge that help us create high quality, relevant health evidence. Our Thematic Groups ...

A stroke interrupts the blood flow to the brain, often leading to damage to some functions of the brain. This can cause persisting paralysis of some parts of the body or other difficulties with ...

We set out to assess the effectiveness of all kinds of epidural analgesia (including combined-spinal-epidural) on the mother and the baby, when compared with non-epidural or no pain relief during ...

Infection can interfere with the normal wound-healing process. In order to reduce the risk of infection, wounds are routinely cleansed to remove dirt, contamination or impurities. In this review, a ...

There is not enough data to support the routine use of diuretics for respiratory distress syndrome in newborn babies. Diuretics are drugs that increase the production of urine by encouraging salt and ...

We reviewed the evidence about the effects of applying honey on the healing of any kind of wound. We found 26 studies involving 3011 people with many different kinds of wounds. Honey was compared with ...

In future, as the population ages, the number of people in our communities suffering with dementia will rise dramatically. This will not only affect the quality of life of people with dementia but ...

People with schizophrenia will often hear voices or see things (hallucinations) and have strange beliefs (delusions). They may also experience apathy, tiredness, lack of drive and disorganised ...

There is no evidence of benefit from corticosteroids for acute ischaemic stroke. Stroke from blockage of an artery to a part of the brain causes swelling of that part of the brain. The swelling ...