NIPPV is a treatment where a machine is used to help the person breathe. During NIPPV therapy, the person breathes using a mask that forces the air into the lungs, keeping the airways open and ...

Oseltamivir and zanamivir have been stockpiled in many countries to treat and prevent seasonal and pandemic influenza, before an influenza vaccine matched to the circulating virus becomes available.

Thiazolidinediones are medications that reduce blood glucose levels and are now used to help people with chronic kidney disease (CKD: defined as long-term damage to the kidneys that reduces their ...

People with cardiovascular disease (i.e. affecting the heart and blood vessels) who use low-dose colchicine for at least six months will reduce their risk of myocardial infarction (heart attack) and ...

We set out to assess the effectiveness of all kinds of epidural analgesia (including combined-spinal-epidural) on the mother and the baby, when compared with non-epidural or no pain relief during ...

We reviewed the evidence of the effect of speech and language therapy (SLT) on language problems experienced by people after a stroke (known as aphasia). About a third of people who suffer a stroke ...