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Cochrane produces systematic reviews which are recognized as the highest standard in evidence-based health care resources. Listen to Cochrane review authors explain in plain language the evidence and findings of their high-impact reviews. In 5 minutes or less, healthcare professionals to patients and families can understand the latest trusted evidence to help make better informed decisions.

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Does galantamine help people with dementia due to Alzheimer's disease and people with mild cognitive impairment? 3:28

10 weeks ago3:28

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There are many Cochrane Reviews of possible treatments for dementia. One of the earliest of these looked at the effects of a drug called galantamine, which is found in daffodil bulbs, and the review was updated in November 2024.

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What are the effects of interventions on sales of antimicrobial drugs without prescription in community pharmacies? 5:46

11 weeks ago5:46

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The Cochrane Collaboration has produced several systematic reviews of interventions focusing on the problem of antimicrobial resistance. In January 2025, these were added to with a new review about the role of community pharmacies and, in this podcast, Sadatoshi Matsuoka, talks with lead author Moe Moe Thandar from the National Center for Global Health and Medicine in Japan about this pressing issue.…

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Are midwife continuity of care models versus other models of care for childbearing women better for women and their babies? 6:06

14 weeks ago6:06

6:06

Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth has produced many reviews of interventions relevant to the organization and delivery of maternity care. In this podcast, two of the group’s researchers, Cristina Fernandez Turienzo and Hannah Rayment-Jones, midwives and senior research fellows at King’s College London in the UK, discuss their April 2024 update for one of these reviews, looking at the effects of midwife continuity of care models for childbearing women.…

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Cognitive behavioural therapy plus standard care for first-episode and recent-onset psychosis 4:10

14 weeks ago4:10

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In its nearly 30 years, the Cochrane Schizophrenia Group produced more than 250 reviews. One of its last, published in March 2024, looked at cognitive behavioural therapy for first episode and recent-onset psychosis. Here’s lead author, Susanna Mayer from the Technical University of Munich in Germany to tell us more.…

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How accurate are cognitive assessment tools, that are completed by people themselves, at detecting dementia? 4:08

17 weeks ago4:08

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There are more than 100 Cochrane reviews relevant to dementia, and these were added to in December 2024 with a new review of the accuracy of self-administered cognitive assessment tools for its detection. In this podcast, Podcast Editor for the Cochrane Library, Mike Clarke, talks with one of the authors, Fariha Naeem from Glasgow Royal Infirmary in Scotland, about the review and its findings.…

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What are the benefits and risks of different treatments that could delay or slow the progression of progressive multiple sclerosis? 4:56

17 weeks ago4:56

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There are more than 60 Cochrane Reviews relevant to multiple sclerosis and, one of these, a network meta-analysis of immunomodulators and immunosuppressants for progressive multiple sclerosis, was updated in September 2024. We asked one of the authors, Francesco Nonino from the Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna in Italy, to tell us about the condition and the latest evidence in this podcast.…

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Improving the implementation of school-based policies and practices to improve student health 5:28

17 weeks ago5:28

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Helping young people develop a healthy lifestyle could have long term implications for their health and wellbeing. In this podcast, Mia Parkinson, Cochrane Communications Officer, talks with Daniel Lee from the University of Newcastle in Callaghan, Australia, about the December 2024 update of the Cochrane review of ways to enhance the implementation of school-based policies or practices to improve diet and physical activity and reduce obesity, and the use of tobacco and alcohol.…

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Healthcare workers' perceptions and experiences of communicating with older adults about vaccination 5:48

18 weeks ago5:48

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Infectious diseases are a major cause of illness and death among older adults. Vaccines can prevent some of these diseases but the uptake of vaccination among older adults varies across settings and groups. Communication with their healthcare worker can help older people makes decisions about vaccination and this is explored in the July 2021 Cochrane qualitative evidence synthesis of healthcare workers’ perceptions and experiences of communicating with people over 50 about vaccination. In this podcast, two authors of this synthesis, Simon Lewin from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and Claire Glenton from the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, discuss why they did the review and what they found.…

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What are the benefits and risks of corticosteroids in adults undergoing heart surgery? 4:38

18 weeks ago4:38

4:38

The Cochrane Heart Group’s reviews cover a very wide range of topics, including several relevant to cardiac surgery. In March 2024, their review of using prophylactic corticosteroids for cardiopulmonary bypass was updated. In this podcast, Carla Lucarelli from Imperial College London speaks with new lead author, Riccardo Abbasciano from the University of Leicester in the UK about this latest version of the review.…

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What are the benefits and risks of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for heart failure? 6:19

19 weeks ago6:19

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Cochrane Reviews cover a very wide range of interventions for people with heart disease. One of these looks at exercise-based rehabilitation for patients with heart failure and it was updated for the fourth time in March 2024. Two of the authors, Rod Taylor and Cal Molloy from the University of Glasgow in the UK, discuss the latest findings in this podcast.…

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Training health workers in breast examination for early detection of breast cancer in low- and middle-income countries 4:51

19 weeks ago4:51

4:51

Cochrane Breast Cancer has produced several reviews relevant to the detection of breast cancer. In April 2023, these were added to with a new review of training health workers in low- and middle-income countries to do breast examinations. Here is the lead author, Shahin Sayed from the Aga Khan University in Nairobi Kenya, to tell us about the importance of the review and its findings.…

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Do biosimilar monoclonal antibodies perform as well as the original medicine for cancer treatment? 3:38

19 weeks ago3:38

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Alongside Cochrane Reviews of the effects of original drugs for the treatment of some diseases, reviews are starting to appear of the effects of biosimilars for these drugs. In this podcast, Roses Parker, Cochrane’s Commissioning Editor tells us about the evidence in one of these reviews, published in November 2024, which considers biosimilar monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of patients with cancer.…

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How long do clinical trials take to publish their results? 4:44

20 weeks ago4:44

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In this podcast, you’ll hear from Marian Showell of the University of Auckland in New Zealand about a significant concern in medical research known as publication bias. The updated Cochrane Methodology Review was published in November 2024, bringing together evidence on the size of this problem, drawing on more than 200 studies.…

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What are the benefits and risks of different perineal techniques during the second stage of labour for preventing post-birth injury? 4:53

20 weeks ago4:53

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Globally, postpartum haemorrhage is responsible for a quarter of maternal deaths after childbirth. Tears of the perineum, which are common in vaginal births, are a major contributor to this excessive blood loss, and a variety of techniques are used to try to prevent them. The effects of these interventions are reviewed in a new Cochrane Review published in October 2024 and two of the authors, Tilly Fox and Kerry Dwan from The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in the UK, talk about the findings in this podcast.…

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What are the benefits and risks of using tests for lung maturation to assess if preterm newborns need to receive surfactant therapy to improve lung function? 6:06

20 weeks ago6:06