It is unclear whether chest physiotherapy is helpful for children with pneumonia. Studies tested different kinds of chest physiotherapy, but results varied across studies. Some techniques showed small ...

Dopamine medicines (medications that affect the chemical messenger (neurotransmitter) dopamine) may make no difference to movement or mobility after stroke, but we are very uncertain about some of the ...

We do not know if screening in a maternity healthcare setting affects the diagnosis of gestational diabetes and the length of hospital stay for the baby. The study did not measure emergency department ...

Neuropathic pain is pain caused by nerve damage. It is often difficult to diagnose and treat. The use of opioids (strong pain killers such as morphine) to treat neuropathic pain is controversial owing ...

No evidence that applying sprays, creams or powders are any better than keeping the baby's cord clean and dry at birth. The umbilical cord connects the baby to its food and oxygen supply in the womb, ...

This summary of a Cochrane review presents what we know from research about the effect of Corticosteroid injections for de Quervain's tenosynovitis. This review shows that in people with de Quervain's ...

Obesity is associated with many health problems and a higher risk of death. Bariatric surgery for obesity is usually only considered when other treatments have failed. We aimed to compare surgical ...

Collagenous colitis is a type of microscopic colitis, a condition characterized by chronic watery non-bloody diarrhea. People with collagenous colitis have a normal appearing bowel when assessed by an ...

Tinnitus is the perceived sensation of sound in the ear or head. Severe tinnitus affects 1% to 2% of the population. People with severe tinnitus frequently have psychological changes and a decrease in ...

In the past, women have been cared for and supported by other women during labour and birth, and have had someone with them throughout, which we call ‘continuous support’. However, in many countries ...

With this Cochrane Review we tried to find out the best way to control bad breath, also called halitosis, due to a disease within the mouth in adults. Bad breath or halitosis is caused by too much ...

CIMT may work better than another upper-limb therapy carried out at low intensity (low dose) for improving children’s ability to use both hands together. CIMT appears no more effective than another ...