Cochrane Library Podcasts

Some Cochrane Reviews cut across more than one Cochrane Group. This is the case with the September 2024 update of the review of interventions for malaria and HIV in pregnancy. Here are two of the aut…

Ankle fractures are one of the most common fractures of the lower limb and it’s important to have evidence on how to help people recover from them. There’s been a Cochrane Review of this since 2008 a…

Several Cochrane Reviews look at interventions for palliative care. These were added to in September 2024 with the publication of a new review of psychedelic-assisted therapy. In this podcast, two of…

The hundreds of reviews from the Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group include several of vitamin supplementation during pregnancy. One of these looks at Vitamin D and its third update was publishe…

Many wearers of contact lenses use lubricating drops to ease the discomfort they feel with the lens, but how effective are these drops? Here’s lead author of the September 2024 Cochrane review, Barba…

The Cochrane Neonatal Group produces and updates Cochrane Reviews to provide comprehensive coverage of the evidence on the care of babies and infants. In this podcast, we present an important topic i…

The Cochrane Skin group has produced more than 100 reviews. These were added to in August 2024 by a new network meta-analysis of topical anti-inflammatory treatments for eczema. We asked lead author,…

Mobile phones feature widely in the delivery of health care, and they are also used informally by people delivering this care. This is explored in an August 2024 Cochrane qualitative evidence synthes…

In this podcast, review author Jan Verbakel talks with first author Liselore De Rop, a PhD candidate of the KU Leuven in Belgium who is involved in COVID-19 research, about their August 2024 review o…

There are many Cochrane Reviews about the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis and those involved in managing this condition also need to know about its prognosis, especially in the presence of ot…

Among the 20 or so Cochrane reviews of treatments for myocardial infarction is one that reached its third update in August 2024. It looks at the effects of stem cells, and we asked new lead author, P…

The Cochrane Library contains several reviews on the effects of different ways of organising and delivering medical care. One of these reviews, published in March 2024, summarises the evidence on mod…

Recent developments in treatment for cystic fibrosis have targeted the underlying genetic defect and these have been life-changing for some patients. Kevin Southern from Alder Hey Children’s Hospital…

Cochrane has produced several systematic reviews that assess the potential benefits and harms of medicine that might help to prevent bone loss in people with breast cancer. In this podcast, Claire Ia…

The topics for some Cochrane Reviews cut across multiple Review Groups. This is the case with an April 2024 review of interventions to stop or reduce alcohol consumption during pregnancy, which is re…

Some Cochrane Reviews include network meta-analyses to bring together a range of comparisons to help identify the relative effects of different interventions and to rank them based on effectiveness. …

People with cystic fibrosis are particularly prone to chest infections caused by bacteria that are hard to treat, but one possible treatment is a class of antibiotic known as the macrolides. There’s …

There are several Cochrane Reviews of the effects of physical activity and these were added to in June 2024 with a qualitative evidence synthesis of factors that influence it for people with bipolar …

There are many Cochrane Reviews relevant to the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis. These were added to in June 2024 by a new review of prognosis, specifically to look at the impact of undernutr…

The Cochrane Back and Neck Group have produced approximately 100 Cochrane reviews, covering the effects of interventions and the accuracy of diagnostic tests. One of these, relevant to the detection …