Supporting children and young people’s mental health: a call for change
Emily Chapman calls for better understanding and support for children and young people with mental health difficulties.
Category Archives: Children and young people
Wrist fractures in children: how are they best treated?
Lynda Ware looks at the latest Cochrane evidence on different treatments for wrist fractures in children.
Wet cough in children: making choices about treatment
GP Robert Walton looks at Cochrane evidence on antibiotics for children with 'wet cough' and explains what might help you decide what to do when your child has a cough that does not go away quickly.
Honey for cough in children: can it help?
Honey for cough? Cochrane UK's Senior Fellow in General Practice, Lynda Ware, looks into honey and at the latest evidence.
Bronchiolitis: evidence for practice?
Sarah Chapman gives a round-up of Cochrane evidence on interventions for infants with bronchiolitis in this blog for nurses.
Videolaryngoscopy: watch this space
In a blog for trainees, Faro Ndokera looks at evidence on videolaryngoscopy as compared to direct laryngoscopy in three patient groups.
Later school start times: better for students’ education, health and wellbeing?
Emma Plugge looks at the evidence on later school start times for supporting students' education and their health and wellbeing.
Vitamin A supplementation for children: has the WHO got it right?
Sarah Rayfield, Speciality Registrar in Public Health, looks at the latest evidence on vitamin A supplementation in children living in low and middle income countries
What’s the best way for children to lose weight? Here’s what the research says
An increasing number of children and adolescents across the world are too heavy for their age, height and sex....
Recurrent abdominal pain in children: evidence and uncertainty
In this blog for trainee doctors, paediatrician and Cochrane Fellow Rufaro Ndokera looks at the Cochrane evidence on recurrent abdominal pain in children
Asthma in schools: Could teaching teachers save lives?
GP Dr Robin Carr discusses the latest Cochrane evidence on whether asthma education for teachers and other school staff could improve the care of children with asthma in schools
Yummy, yummy in my tummy, getting big with milk from mummy. Getting preterm babies feeding orally- a roundup of current evidence
In this blog for parents of preterm babies, Rufaro Ndokera looks at Cochrane evidence on ways to help preterm babies feed orally.