NIPPV is a treatment where a machine is used to help the person breathe. During NIPPV therapy, the person breathes using a mask that forces the air into the lungs, keeping the airways open and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This summary of a Cochrane Review presents what we know from research about the benefits and harms of tramadol (a pain reliever) for treating osteoarthritis (OA). We examined the published research up ...

A widely-used, inexpensive gout drug could reduce heart attacks and strokes in people with cardiovascular disease, according ...