Compared to levonorgestrel (a common emergency contraception pill), mifepristone probably results in fewer pregnancies. It is also probably more effective at preventing pregnancy than the Yuzpe method ...

Compared with no structured exercise, exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for people with coronary heart disease reduces heart attacks, likely reduces hospital admissions and may slightly reduce the ...

In preterm infants, physical activity programmes may provide a small benefit for bone development and body weight gain over the short term. Physical activity programmes may have little to no effect on ...

What is stroke? A stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is interrupted, leading to damage in specific areas of the brain. The impact of stroke can be life-chang ...

Telling people what treatment they will receive – rather than them not being told – improves recruitment. Telephoning people who don't respond to an initial postal invitation to join a trial improves ...

It is unclear if medicines used to prevent bone loss (bisphosphonates) lower the risk of breaking a hip, backbone (spine), or other bones in men. These medicines probably do not cause more unwanted ...

Iodine supplementation likely reduces the occurrence of insufficient production of thyroid hormones (hypothyroidism), and risk of infant death (mortality) in places with high infant mortality rates.

Nicotine e-cigarettes, commonly known as vapes, are more effective in helping people quit smoking than many conventional methods such as nicotine gums and patches and quitting with behavioural support ...