In general, none of the interventions reliably improved adherence to amblyopia treatment (specifically patching) in children. The interventions investigated also showed no evidence of improvement in ...

How accurate is the 'HADS-A' questionnaire in detecting anxiety disorders in adults?

Premature babies often need help breathing as their lungs are not fully developed. Nasal breathing support (through the nose) helps premature babies breathe without the need for breathing tubes in the ...

• Compared to placebo (an inactive or 'dummy' medication), zuranolone probably helps more women by reducing their depression symptoms, but also increases the number of harmful, unwanted events they ...

How accurate are low-complexity manual nucleic acid amplification tests for detecting pulmonary tuberculosis in children? - There is limited evidence that LC-mNAATs can correctly identify pulmonary ...

• In women with predicted high response (meaning their ovaries are expected to produce many eggs in response to stimulation, which increases the risk of complications such as OHSS), using human ...

Phosphate binders are often prescribed with meals for people with kidney disease to reduce the uptake of phosphate in food.

Bjerrum S, Yang B, Åhsberg J, Olbrich L, Damkjær MW, Nathavitharana RR, Broger T, Olaru ID, Sweetser B, Poore H, Razid A, Kay AW, Denkinger CM, Schiller I, Dendukuri N, Jaganath D, Lundh A, Shah M.

Presenter Bios Georgia Salanti is an associate professor in Biostatistics and Epidemiology. Theodore Papakonstantinou and Adriani Nikolakopoulou are postdoctoral researchers. Virginia Chiocchia is a ...

Group nouns can use either a single or plural form of the verb, but the choice should be consistent within each Cochrane review or document; for example, 'the government has ...' or 'the government ...

The Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods have produced a virtual issue of methods and statistics tutorials for systematic reviewers. This series provides easily accessible advice to the evidence ...

Traditionally the passive voice has been used by scientists and medical professionals on the basis that what happened was considered to be more important than who did it. However, use of the passive ...