2 years 1 month ago
In a blog for anyone with an interest in brain tumours, brainstrust Director of Services and Cochrane Review author Helen Bulbeck reflects on supportive care, what it is, what research tells us about the current state of play with supportive care, and what people living with brain tumours might find helpful.
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Helen Bulbeck
2 years 2 months ago
In this blog, Karen Morley, who in 2018 wrote for Evidently Cochrane about her experiences of OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) and how evidence helped her, tells us what has happened since, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on her mental health, the challenges, and things she has found empowering.
The post My OCD journey 2: learning and compassion in tough times appeared first on Evidently Cochrane.
Karen Morley
2 years 2 months ago
In this blog for people making choices about epilepsy medication, Dr Alexandre Mathy, a neurology registrar at Oxford University Hospitals, explains what the latest Cochrane evidence tells us about which medications may be most effective and best tolerated for people with focal seizures or generalised onset tonic‐clonic seizures.
The post Epilepsy: what are the best medications? appeared first on Evidently Cochrane.
Alexandre Mathy
2 years 2 months ago
Sarah Chapman
2 years 2 months ago
Sarah Chapman
2 years 2 months ago
Sarah Chapman
2 years 2 months ago
Elaine Finucane
2 years 2 months ago
Sarah Chapman
2 years 2 months ago
In this blog for people waiting for an operation, Dr Rebecca Gould, Cochrane UK Fellow and Sport and Exercise Medicine Registrar, explores some of the lifestyle changes people can make to prior to an operation and Brian Devlin, Cochrane UK Consumer Champion, shares his own experiences of getting ready for an operation.
The post Preparing for an operation with lifestyle changes appeared first on Evidently Cochrane.
Rebecca Gould
2 years 3 months ago
Robert Walton
2 years 3 months ago
In this blog for the families of people with dementia, Doctors Charlotte Squires and James Garrard talk about drugs used to treat symptoms of agitation and psychosis in people with diagnosed dementia, and what doctors and families together might want to consider when making decisions about trying these treatments.
The post Drugs for agitation in people with dementia: benefits and risks appeared first on Evidently Cochrane.
Charlotte Squires
2 years 3 months ago
James Garrard
2 years 3 months ago
Sarah Chapman and Selena Ryan-Vig
2 years 3 months ago
Sarah Chapman
2 years 3 months ago
Lucy Beishon
2 years 3 months ago
Sarah Chapman and Selena Ryan-Vig
2 years 3 months ago
Sarah Chapman and Selena Ryan-Vig
2 years 3 months ago
Sarah Chapman and Selena Ryan-Vig
2 years 3 months ago
With deaths from asthma attacks the highest they have been in a decade, GP Robin Carr blogs about three things you need to know that can reduce the risk of death from asthma in school-aged children, and shares a film 'Preventable’, made with teenagers about preventing asthma deaths in schools.
The post Preventing asthma deaths in school children: 3 things to know appeared first on Evidently Cochrane.
Robin Carr
2 years 4 months ago
Lynda Ware
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