Preterm infants requiring special and intensive care usually have problems with breathing, leading to organ damage, including brain damage. Caffeine helps preterm infants to breathe and decreases the ...

Compared to placebo (a sham medication), tirzepatide likely helps adults with obesity lose weight in the medium term (up to 2 years), and this weight reduction is likely to be maintained over the long ...

Liraglutide compared with placebo (a sham medication) likely increases the number of people who lose at least 5% of their body weight, but its impact on unwanted effects, quality of life, and major ...

In people with cancer, CBT-I may slightly improve insomnia severity, sleep quality, and most sleep diary parameters without introducing additional unwanted or harmful events. However, we are very ...

Adults with obesity lose more weight with semaglutide than with placebo (a sham medication). However, the risk of unwanted events is probably higher than with placebo after 24 months. Semaglutide ...

• Antibiotics seem to reduce surgical site infections in people undergoing surgery to fix the lower limb arteries (peripheral arterial reconstruction of the lower limb).

This summary of a Cochrane Review presents what we know from research about the benefits and harms of tramadol (a pain reliever) for treating osteoarthritis (OA). We examined the published research up ...

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Molnupiravir is a pill used to treat COVID-19 in people who are at high risk of developing severe illness. It works by interfering with the ability of SARS‑CoV‑2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) to ...

Side effects of acupuncture include dizziness, nausea, bruising, insomnia, abdominal pain, and skin rashes, which should be considered when weighing potential benefits and risks.