We wanted to find out if antibiotics were better than placebo (dummy treatment) or other treatments for reducing pain and back-related disability, and whether these antibiotics had any unwanted ...

Our Handbooks describe the process of preparing and maintaining diverse types of systematic reviews. Handbooks are updated regularly to reflect advances in systematic review methods and in response to ...

Newborn resuscitation training (NRT) programmes may decrease newborn deaths in the first 28 days after birth, mainly during the first 24 hours and the first 7 days after birth. Studies are still ...

Compared to daily oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), lenacapavir reduces the number of new HIV infections by many more; causes slightly fewer serious unwanted effects; and results in little to no ...

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 ...

LBP is very common. While most back pain gets better without medical treatment, about 10% of cases lasts for three months or more. There are many therapies that are used to treat the pain, and improve ...

The resources in this collection mostly cover the Cochrane risk of bias tool for randomized trials (RoB 2). Under 'Risk of bias tools' there is also guidance on ROBINS-I tool for assessing risk of ...

In terms of people's ability to perform basic daily activities, their quality of life, length of hospital stay, and body weight, we are either very uncertain about the benefits and risks of the ...

Applying the antiseptic chlorhexidine to the umbilical cord stump of a newborn likely reduces the risk of infection and may reduce the risk of death in low- and middle-income countries. Chlorhexidine ...

Compared to traditional dietary advice (like restricting calories or eating different types of foods), intermittent fasting may make little to no difference to weight loss and quality of life in ...

What is the aim of this review? The aim of this Cochrane Review was to find out if cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is effective for tinnitus. Cochrane researchers collected and analysed all ...

Nurses can safely deliver many services traditionally performed by doctors, with little to no difference in deaths, safety events, or how patients felt about their health, according to a new Cochrane ...