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28/11/2023

Planning a long-haul flight ✈️ over the upcoming holidays?
Check the on compression stockings 🧦 to prevent blood clots during , now available in 🇫🇷
Review by Cochrane Vascular: https://bit.ly/37dvrDI
Thanks Cochrane France for helping with the translation! 🙏
The Cochrane Library IFRC Global First Aid Reference Centre

28/11/2023

- Cognitive behavioural interventions for reducing fear of falling in older people living in the community
🎧 Listen to the latest evidence from the lead author in about 4 minutes!

Alongside the several Cochrane reviews of ways to prevent falls in older people, a new review of the effects of cognitive behavioural therapy on their fear of falling was added in November 2023. Here's lead author, Eric Lenouvel from the University Hospital of Psychiatry in Bern Switzerland, to tell us more.

👂 Listen here https://www.cochrane.org/podcasts/10.1002/14651858.CD014666.pub2 or search 'Cochrane Library' on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.

🤓 Read the full in the https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD014666.pub2/full

Lenouvel E, Ullrich P, Siemens W, Dallmeier D, Denkinger M, Kienle G, Zijlstra GA, Hauer K, Klöppel S. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) with and without exercise to reduce fear of falling in older people living in the community. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2023, Issue 11. Art. No.: CD014666. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD014666.pub2.

21/11/2023

Our on the effectiveness of cleaning👏with to reduce the spread of infections is now also available in 🇪🇸!
👉Full review at https://bit.ly/2Wr0ovZ
Thanks to Dr. Marco Culqui Sánchez and Cochrane Iberoamérica! 🙏
The Cochrane Library

21/11/2023

Cognitive behavioural interventions for reducing fear of falling in older people living in the community
https://ow.ly/RB4F50Q9frz
Cognitive behavioural therapy probably reduces fear of falling in older people living in the community.

Ventilation tubes grommets for otitis media with effusion Glue Ear in children 👂 📚 🔍 This Systematic Review looks at the...
20/11/2023

Ventilation tubes grommets for otitis media with effusion Glue Ear in children 👂
📚 🔍 This Systematic Review looks at the evidence from 19 studies with a total of 2888 participants.
https://buff.ly/3ueeWlY

27/10/2023

Many health claims are made about probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics. What does the evidence say about their potential benefits and harms?

🎙️ : How can we communicate better with people and communities about measures which help to prevent and control ?🎧 Lis...
24/10/2023

🎙️ : How can we communicate better with people and communities about measures which help to prevent and control ?
🎧 Listen to the latest Cochrane evidence in under 4 minutes! https://bit.ly/3Q0YQ6

❔How can we communicate better with people & communities about measures which help to prevent & control ? 📑 Updated l...
13/10/2023

❔How can we communicate better with people & communities about measures which help to prevent & control ?
📑 Updated looks at the evidence from 68 studies. https://buff.ly/3SbqFMf

Want to learn "How to conduct a Systematic Review following Cochrane Methods”? 📝 Sign up for our in-person workshop 28 &...
10/10/2023

Want to learn "How to conduct a Systematic Review following Cochrane Methods”? 📝 Sign up for our in-person workshop 28 & 29 November 23.

Acute middle ear infections in children: how can we prevent and treat them? Here's the latest evidence: https://buff.ly/...
10/10/2023

Acute middle ear infections in children: how can we prevent and treat them? Here's the latest evidence: https://buff.ly/3ZwC5M1

09/10/2023

The Cochrane Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care Group has produced more than 300 reviews and added to these in August 2023 with a review of remotely-delivered psychological therapies for chronic pain in adults. Here's one of the authors, Geoff Duggan formerly from the Bath Centre for Pain Services...

06/10/2023

or for procedural pain in
🔎 📚 Updated Cochrane looked at the evidence from 66 studies.

🌟 lower heart rate
🌟 shorter duration of cry
🌟 lower percentage of cry time
🌟 lower scores on the Neonatal Infant Pain Scale

"We are moderately confident that breastfeeding reduces pain as assessed by heart rate, cry duration or validated pain scale compared to no intervention. Supplemental breast milk for painful procedures may reduce pain when compared to no intervention or placebo."

🤓 Read the summary and full review on the
https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD004950.pub4/full

Shah PS, Torgalkar R, Shah VS. Breastfeeding or breast milk for procedural pain in neonates. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2023, Issue 8. Art. No.: CD004950. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004950.pub4.

06/10/2023

Shift work is often associated with insufficient sleep, which can cause a myriad of negative consequences and risks. Check out this on how adapting shift work can improve sleep quality and duration. https://ow.ly/h7E850PRIcz

🎧 : How successful are healthy eating programmes in preschools, kindergartens & childcare settings? buff.ly/44Zb7Ok
06/10/2023

🎧 : How successful are healthy eating programmes in preschools, kindergartens & childcare settings? buff.ly/44Zb7Ok

Do remotely‐delivered psychological therapies help people with long-term chronic ? 📚 🔍 looks at evidence from 32 stud...
12/09/2023

Do remotely‐delivered psychological therapies help people with long-term chronic ?
📚 🔍 looks at evidence from 32 studies that included 4924 people with chronic pain conditions. . https://bit.ly/3RcDkOl

or for procedural pain in 🔎 📚 Updated looked at the evidence from 66 studies. 'Moderate‐/low‐certainty evidence ...
11/09/2023

or for procedural pain in
🔎 📚 Updated looked at the evidence from 66 studies. 'Moderate‐/low‐certainty evidence that breastfeeding/supplemental breast milk may reduce pain' https://buff.ly/3EhPNIN

10/09/2023

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