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Are you curious about what goes on behind the scenes in the world of drug testing? Join us on a journey through the intricate landscape of drug testing policies, technologies, controversies, advancements, and the lucrative opportunities within the industry. Hosted by Teamika J, this podcast delves deep into the nuances of drug testing, bringing you insightful interviews with experts, industry insiders, and individuals with firsthand experiences. Whether you're a professional navigating drug ...
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Cochrane produces systematic reviews which are recognized as the highest standard in evidence-based health care resources. Listen to Cochrane review authors explain in plain language the evidence and findings of their high-impact reviews. In 5 minutes or less, healthcare professionals to patients and families can understand the latest trusted evidence to help make better informed decisions.
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What are the benefits and risks of treating premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual dysphoric disorder with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors?
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In August 2024, we published the latest update of the Cochrane Review of the effect of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors on women with premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual dysphoric disorder. In this podcast, two of the authors, Jeppe Bennekou Schroll and Cecilie Jespersen, both from Cochrane Denmark, talk about the need for the review and …
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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 authors, Clara Pons-Duran and Raquel González from Barcelona University in Spain to tell us about the importance of the review and its findings.…
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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 and the most recent update was published in September 2024. In this podcast, Sophie Degraeve from Symmetron, talks with new author, Chris Bretherton fro…
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Its official! Tune in every Wednesday to hear Teamika J. drop gems about the drug testing industry. Each week she will be revealing all of the behind the scenes must know info on how the drug testing industry operates, and you get to have a front seat to learn all about it. Not only will she be sharing how you can get starting making profit from th…
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Psychedelic-assisted therapy for treating anxiety, depression and existential distress in people with life-threatening diseases
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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 authors, Sivan Schipper from Spital Uster and Christopher Boehlke from University Hospital Basel both in Switzerland, tell us about the treatment …
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Does vitamin D supplementation benefit, harm, or have no effects on pregnant women or their babies?
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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 published in July 2024. We asked one of the authors, Lia Kostiuk, a board-certified Preventive Medicine physician in the USA to tell us about the latest findin…
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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, Barbara Caffery from Toronto Eye Care in Canada, to tell us about the evidence.
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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 in neonatal care: the management of pain and discomfort during spinal taps in newborns, for which a new Cochrane review was published in September 2023.…
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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, Robert Boyle from Imperial College London in the UK to tell us about the condition and the findings of his review in this podcast.…
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What are healthcare workers' views, experiences and practices regarding their informal use of personal mobile phones to support their work?
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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 synthesis of healthcare workers’ use of their own phones at work. In this podcast, two of the authors, Nelson Sewankambo from Makerere University in Uganda an…
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How accurate are routine laboratory tests in predicting mortality and deterioration to severe or critical COVID-19 in people with SARS-CoV-2?
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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 of the accuracy of routine laboratory tests to predict mortality and deterioration for patients with severe or critical COVID-19.…
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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 other illnesses. We can now help them in regard to diabetes and tuberculosis, with a new review published in August 2024. Here are two of the authors, Ju…
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Are stem cells taken from a person's bone marrow and delivered to their heart a safe and effective treatment following a heart attack?
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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, Peter-Paul Zwetsloot from University Medical Centre Utrecht in the Netherlands to tell us about the importance of the review and the latest findings.…
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Alternative ways to organise delivery of health care to older adults living in aged care facilities
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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 models for delivering medical care to older adults living in residential aged care facilities. In this podcast, Liesl Grobler talks with lead author, Poli…
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CFTR correctors, a therapy for cystic fibrosis targeted at specific variants (most commonly F508del)
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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 in the UK is an Editor for the Cochrane Cystic Fibrosis Group and an author of the updated review of these corrective therapies, which was published i…
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Do bone-modifying medicines help reduce bone loss in women with early or locally advanced breast cancer?
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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 Iannizzi talks with lead author Anne Adams, both from the University Hospital Cologne in Germany, about a review of different bone-modifying agents for r…
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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 relevant to both Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth and Drugs and Alcohol. Here’s one of the authors, Julia Sinclair from the University of Southampton in…
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Electrical shocks (electrical cardioversion) and drugs (pharmacological cardioversion) for restoring normal rhythm in patients with atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter
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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. In June 2024, we published one of these, examining cardioversion for atrial arrhythmias. In this podcast, one of the authors Rui Providencia (left) int…
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Treatment with macrolide antibiotics (including azithromycin) for people with cystic fibrosis
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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 been a Cochrane Review of this since 2003 and the fourth update was published in February 2024. Here's Kevin Southern from Alder Hey Children’s Hospita…
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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 disorder. We asked one of the authors, Gavin Breslin, from Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland to tell us more about the condition and the r…
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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 undernutrition. Here are two of the authors, Juan Franco and Brenda Bongaerts from the Institute of General Practice, Medical Faculty of the Heinrich-Heine-Univ…
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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 of spinal injury in children, was updated in March 2024. We asked lead author, Emma Tavender from Murdoch Children's Research Institute in Melbourne Au…
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There are more than 100 Cochrane Reviews relevant to the care of people with cystic fibrosis and an update for the one looking at the effects of nebulisers was published in November 2023. Here's the new lead author, Gemma Stanford, from the Royal Brompton Hospital in London UK to tell us about it.
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Do imitations of anti-VEGF medicines (biosimilars) work as well as the original anti-VEGF medicines for people with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD)?
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The Cochrane Eyes and Vision US Project prepares and maintains reviews across a wide range of conditions. These include neovascular age-related macular degeneration and their new review of its treatment by anti-vascular endothelial growth factor biosimilars was published in June 2024. Here’s one of the authors, Sueko Ng from the Department of Ophth…
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The Library contains several reviews of treatment for people with influenza and, one of these, published in November 2014, looks at the evidence for amantadine and rimantadine.
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Different ways of giving antibiotics to clear Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in people with cystic fibrosis
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People with cystic fibrosis are particularly susceptible to chest infection. It’s important to find treatments for these infections and a Cochrane Review from Cochrane Cystic Fibrosis examines the evidence for the use of antibiotics. Nikki Rowbotham, respiratory paediatrician, who is based in the East Midland in the UK and one of the authors of the…
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Since 2002, Cochrane has maintained a series of reviews on interventions to prevent obesity in children and young people. The sixth update, focusing separately on those aged 5 to 11 and 12 to 18 years of age, was published in April 2024. We asked one of the authors, Francesca Spiga from Bristol Medical School in the UK to tell us about the importan…
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Is magnesium sulphate for women at risk of preterm birth better than placebo for protecting their babies' brains?
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There are many Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth reviews of interventions to prevent health problems in babies that are born early. One of these was updated in April 2024, looking at the evidence on the effects of receiving magnesium sulphate prior to early birth. Lead author, Emily Shepherd from the South Australian Health and Medical Research Ins…
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Does shared decision-making help women when making decisions about whether or not to participate in breast cancer screening?
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Adding to the Cochrane Reviews of screening for breast cancer, a new review was published in May 2024 looking at the research into shared-decision making for this screening. In this podcast, Dr. Marleen Kunneman from Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands and Mayo Clinic in the US talks with lead author Dr. Paula Riganti from Hospital …
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Many of us experience the nuisance of having a common cold, and a variety of interventions have been suggested to prevent or treat it. One of these is zinc and a new Cochrane Review, published in May 2024, looks at the evidence. Here's the first author, Daryl Nault from Maryland University of Integrative Health in the USA to tell us what the review…
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In February 2024, we published the first update of the Cochrane Drugs and Alcohol review of psychosocial treatments for people with stimulant use disorder. Here's lead author, Silvia Minozzi from the Lazio Regional Health Service in Rome Italy to tell us about the latest findings.
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Perceptions and experiences of the prevention, detection and management of postpartum haemorrhage: a qualitative evidence synthesis
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The Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group produced more than 650 Cochrane Reviews after its establishment as the first Cochrane Review Group, 30 years ago. Several relate to postpartum haemorrhage, and these were added to in November 2023, with a new review of qualitative research, which was also supported by the Cochrane Effective Practice and O…
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Does respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination during pregnancy reduce RSV-related hospitalisations in infants?
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Pregnant women are sometimes given vaccines to help protect the health of their babies after birth, with Cochrane reviews examining the evidence on this for, for example, pneumococcal disease and hepatitis B. In May 2024, we published a new addition, looking at RSV vaccination. In this podcast, review authors, Emily Phijffer and Odette de Bruin, me…
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Patient understanding can be key to the successful use of many of the interventions for which there are Cochrane Reviews and, in November 2023, we published a review that might help with this. Here are two of the authors, Angela Aldin from Cochrane Haematology and Annika Baumeister from the University of Bonn, both in Germany, to talk about the fin…
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Alongside its many reviews of possible treatments for dementia, the Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group produced reviews relevant to other aspects of the care of people with dementia. In this podcast, Tanja Richter talks with Julia Lühnen (Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt …
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What are the benefits and risks of different corticosteroid treatments delivered intravenously for the prevention of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in infants born prematurely?
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The question of whether and how to treat preterm infants with postnatal corticosteroids for the management of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, which is a chronic lung problem due to prematurity, has been a neonatologist's quandary for decades. In August 2023, Cochrane Neonatal published a network meta-analysis on the use of postnatal corticosteroids for…
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Two of the Cochrane Reviews that investigate different ways to deliver health and social care services look at the qualitative and quantitative research into a strategy called hospital at home. In this podcast, Roses Parker, Cochrane’s Commissioning Editor talks with lead author of the March 2024 qualitative evidence synthesis of implementing hospi…
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Interventions that will increase and sustain the uptake of vaccines in low- and middle-income countries
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Immunisation is a key component in the prevention of illness and the Cochrane review of interventions to improve coverage of childhood immunisation in low- and middle-income countries was updated for the second time in December 2023. We asked lead author, Angela Oyo-Ita from University of Calabar Teaching Hospital in Nigeria, to tell us about the l…
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Among the Cochrane Reviews of treatments to help patients with kidney stones, our review comparing shock wave treatment with surgery was updated for the second time in August 2023. Here's lead author, Vasun Setthawong from Rangsit University in Bangkok, Thailand to tell us about the latest findings.
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Is alpha-lipoic acid (a natural antioxidant) better than no treatment or dummy treatment for nerve damage in people with diabetes?
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Alpha-lipoic acid is sometimes used for the treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy. In this podcast, one of the authors, Caterina Delcea, talks with lead author Cristian Baicus, consultant in internal medicine from Colentina University Hospital Bucharest in Romania, about the January 2024 Cochrane review of this treatment.…
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The Cochrane Neonatal group has produced several hundred systematic reviews of interventions that might help to improve the care and treatment of preterm infants and their families. In this podcast, one of the group’s researchers, Dirk Bassler, talks with lead author Friederike Haslbeck, a clinical music therapist and senior researcher at the Unive…
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Comparing two methods of wound closure in stoma reversal: purse-string closure versus linear skin closure
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The Cochrane Colorectal Group produces reviews across a wide range of conditions affecting the intestines. These were added to in March 2024 with a new review of different ways to close the skin when a person’s stoma is reversed. We asked lead author, Shahab Hajibandeh from Health Education and Improvement Wales to tell us more and he used the Elev…
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Should transvaginal mesh, biological grafts, or native tissue be utilised to repair vaginal prolapse?
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The Cochrane Collaboration has published more than 30 reviews on interventions for patients with pelvic organ prolapse. Of these, a series of 6 systematic reviews specifically relating to surgical management were first published in 2016. These are currently being updated, with the update for one, on transvaginal mesh or grafts in transvaginal prola…
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Over nearly 30 years, the Cochrane Acute Respiratory Infections Group has produced close to 200 reviews. One of their earliest, antibiotics for acute otitis media in children, was first published in 2000 and it was updated for the fourth time in November 2023. Here's two of the authors, Sharon Sanders and Paul Glasziou from the Institute for Eviden…
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Are population-based interventions (those aimed at entire communities rather than individuals) helpful in preventing falls and fall-related injuries in older people?
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There are several Cochrane reviews of strategies and interventions to reduce falls, particularly in older people. In January 2024, we published a new review of population-based approaches for falls prevention, and, in this podcast, Chris Todd, talks to co-author Lisa McGarrigle, both from the University of Manchester in the UK about the findings.…
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What is the best medication to stop bleeding in those having non-emergency hip or knee surgery?
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There are several Cochrane reviews relevant to hip or knee replacement surgery, covering a variety of interventions. In this podcast, Parag Raval, a trauma and orthopaedic surgeon, talks with Naomi Gibbs from the Systematic Review Initiative at NHS Blood and Transplant in Oxford, UK, who is one of the authors of the January 2024 review looking at t…
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What are the benefits and harms of ibuprofen for managing pain after an operation in children?
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Ibuprofen is a widely used painkiller and a new Cochrane review from January 2024 brings together the evidence on its use for postoperative pain in children. In this podcast, two of the co-authors, Sara Pessano from Gaslini Children's Hospital in Genoa Italy, and Natasha Gloeck from the Health Systems Research Unit at the South African Medical Rese…
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What are the benefits and risks of drugs acting on the immune system to treat relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis?
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There are more than 60 Cochrane Reviews relevant to multiple sclerosis and, one of these, a network meta-analysis of immunomodulators and immunosuppressants for relapsing‐remitting multiple sclerosis, was updated in January 2024. We asked the lead author, Francesco Nonino from the Institute of Neurological Science in Bologna, Italy, to tell us more…
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How effective and safe are single-incision slings for women with urinary incontinence compared with other operations?
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Cochrane Incontinence has produced more than 40 Cochrane reviews of interventions that might help people suffering from incontinence. In this podcast, Roses Parker, Cochrane's Commissioning Editor talks with lead author of the review Emily Carter, a senior clinician and researcher in urogynaecology in the Manchester Foundation Trust in the UK about…
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Digital interventions, or mHealth or eHealth interventions, are increasingly common in health care and it's important to evaluate their effects. With this in mind, a new Cochrane Review from February 2024 examines the evidence for smartphone interventions for adolescents and adults with overweight or obesity. In this podcast, Eva Madrid, from the U…
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