Ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs) may reduce the effort required to walk, and increase walking speed and satisfaction with walking in people with calf muscle weakness due to neuromuscular disorders, but we ...

Subarachnoid thrombolysis is where a clot-dissolving drug is administered to clear the blood after subarachnoid haemorrhage. This may improve outcomes since blood in the subarachnoid space is ...

– Current evidence suggests that calorie (energy) labelling on menus, and on or next to products, leads to reductions in calories selected and bought from food and non-alcoholic drinks. The evidence ...

Incentives, such as money, vouchers or deposits, can be used to encourage people to quit smoking, and to reward them if they remain non-smoking. Such schemes can be run in workplaces, in clinics, and ...

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- Virtual reality might improve balance and postural control, upper limb function, and participation and quality of life, but the overall quality of the evidence is limited. - Since these results are ...

We wanted to find out if pre-emptive treatment aimed at transplant recipients who are at risk of developing CMV disease, rather than administering universal prophylaxis, including those who are ...

• When comparing long versus short gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists (GnRHa) treatment, there was little to no difference between groups for live birth and ongoing pregnancy rates, but the long ...

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Esta segunda actualización encontró que los laxantes tuvieron efectividad similar, pero las pruebas todavía son limitadas debido a que no hay datos suficientes a partir de unos pocos ECA pequeños.

大多数结局的现有相关证据被评估为质量较低。 我们没有从RCTs中发现任何明确的证据表明，与标准的口服抗生素和局部治疗相比，异维甲酸能改善痤疮的严重程度，但它可能会轻微改善经医生 ...