Training health professionals in stop-smoking techniques helps encourage health professionals to ask patients if they are smoking. If a patient is smoking, health professionals are then equipped with ...

We searched for studies that compared care delivered by a nurse instead of a doctor in hospital settings. We included studies that examined patient outcomes (death, patient safety events, clinical ...

Key messages • For people who are worried about their thinking or memory, it is uncertain whether ginkgo is better than placebo (dummy treatment) for improving their overall con ...

Implementation strategies are actions designed to improve how health services are delivered. In rehabilitation, these strategies can aim to change the behavior of health professionals, improve how ...

Psychoeducation (i.e. face-to-face teaching about a health condition by a professional) for parents of people with severe mental illness may improve the parents’ psychosocial well-being (i.e. their ...

- In women with pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI), continence surgery at the same time as POP surgery likely improves rates of SUI after surgery. In continent women ...

Exercise may be moderately effective compared to no therapy for reducing symptoms of depression. The evidence suggests there is little to no difference in the reduction of symptoms of depression ...

What is the aim of this review? The aim of this Cochrane Review was to find out if using topical sunscreen and physical barrier methods (such as sun-protective clothing, hats, sunglasses, and the ...

We reviewed the evidence about the effect of opioids on pain and function among people with chronic low-back pain (CLBP). We searched for trials, both published and unpublished, up to October 2012. We ...

Do omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA) taken during pregnancy - either as supplements or as dietary additions in food (such as some types of fish) - improve health outcomes for ...

What is the aim of this review? The aim of this Cochrane review was to find out if acupuncture improves pain and function in people with hip osteoarthritis. We collected and analyzed all relevant ...

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