Apocalypse now: antimicrobial resistance
To mark the start of World Antibiotic Awareness Week, here is a blog for non-medical readers by Lynda Ware,...
Category Archives: Immunology & Infection
Antibiotic resistance: bacteria fighting back
Ahead of World Antibiotic Awareness Week, Samantha Gale, Cochrane UK’s Public Health Fellow, gives a brief introduction to antibiotic resistance
Stick or carrot? How can hospital doctors be encouraged to prescribe antibiotics more appropriately?
In this blog for non-medical readers, Dr Lynda Ware looks at new Cochrane evidence on improving antibiotic prescribing practices by hospital doctors
A Strep in the right direction…
In this guest blog for the general reader, retired GP Lynda Ware looks at the latest Cochrane evidence on detecting and treating 'strep throat'.
Superbugs: real problem, real work
‘Superbugs’ have hit the headlines again. As the 193 countries of the United Nations pass round the pen and...
Sharing decisions about antibiotics
It's World Antibiotic Awareness Week and Richard Lehman looks at the latest evidence on shared decisions about antibiotic use for respiratory infections
Getting tested for STIs: home or away?
Could offering home-based specimen collection improve the management of common STIs chlamydia and gonorrhoea?
Evidently Advent Day 23: best health evidence wrapped up for the festive season!
Is silver just for Christmas?
Evidently Advent Day 21: best health evidence wrapped up for the festive season!
Fancy some festive baking?
Evidently Advent Day 1: best health evidence wrapped up for the festive season!
Something's going on in the operating theatre...
Measly protection: passive immunization for measles, past and present
What's the evidence for passive immunization following exposure to measles? Richard Lehman explores.
TB or not TB? That is the question (and here’s the test that can answer it)
Good evidence for the effectiveness of a simple test to diagnose pulmonary tuberculosis