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- Home‐based chemically‐induced whitening (bleaching) of teeth in adults
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 18-Dec-2018
With the increased demand for whiter teeth, home-based bleaching products, either dentist-prescribed or over-the-counter products have been exponentially increasing in the past few decades. This is an update of a Cochrane Review first published in 2006.
- Home-based child development interventions for preschool children from socially disadvantaged families
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 11-Sep-2012
Social disadvantage can have a significant impact on early child development, health and wellbeing. What happens during this critical period is important for all aspects of development. Caregiving competence and the quality of the environment play an impo
- Home‐based educational interventions for children with asthma
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 5-Oct-2011
While guidelines recommend that children with asthma should receive asthma education, it is not known if education delivered in the home is superior to usual care or the same education delivered elsewhere. The home setting allows educators to reach popula
- Home‐based HIV voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) for improving uptake of HIV testing
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 7-Jul-2010
The low uptake of HIV voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) has hindered global attempts to prevent new HIV infections and has limited scale-up of HIV care and treatment. Globally, only 10% of HIV-infected individuals are aware of their HIV status. One
- Home‐based multidimensional survivorship programmes for breast cancer survivors
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 24-Aug-2017
The prognosis and survival rate of women with breast cancer have significantly improved worldwide. Effective home-based multidimensional programmes for breast cancer survivors have gained an ever greater emphasis in survivorship care to maximise women’s q
- Home-based social support for socially disadvantaged mothers
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 10-Nov-2008
Epidemiologic studies indicate that babies born to socio-economically disadvantaged mothers are at higher risk of injury, abuse and neglect, health problems in infancy, and are less likely to have regular well-child care. Home visitation programs have lon
- Home-based support for disadvantaged adult mothers
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 10-Nov-2008
Babies born to socio-economically disadvantaged mothers are at higher risk of a range of problems in infancy. Home visiting programs are thought to improve outcomes, both for mothers and children, largely through advice and support.
- Home-based support for disadvantaged teenage mothers
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 10-Nov-2008
Babies born to socio-economically disadvantaged mothers are at higher risk of injury, abuse or neglect and health problems than babies born to more affluent mothers; disadvantaged teenage mothers are at particular risk of adverse outcomes. Home-visiting p
- Home-based therapy programmes for upper limb functional recovery following stroke
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 17-Apr-2012
With an increased focus on home-based stroke services and the undertaking of programmes, targeted at upper limb recovery within clinical practice, a systematic review of home-based therapy programmes for individuals with upper limb impairment following st
- Home‐based versus centre‐based cardiac rehabilitation
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 30-Jun-2017
Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death globally. Traditionally, centre-based cardiac rehabilitation programmes are offered to individuals after cardiac events to aid recovery and prevent further cardiac illness. Home-based cardiac rehabi
- Home‐based versus clinic‐based specimen collection in the management of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 29-Sep-2015
Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) are the most frequent causes of bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Management strategies that reduce losses in the clinical pathway from infection to cure might improve STI control
- Homeopathic medicines for adverse effects of cancer treatments
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 15-Apr-2009
Homeopathic medicines are used by patients with cancer, often alongside conventional treatment. Cancer treatments can cause considerable morbidity and one of the reasons patients use homeopathic medicines is to help with adverse effects.
- Homeopathic Oscillococcinum® for preventing and treating influenza and influenza‐like illness
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 28-Jan-2015
Influenza is a highly infectious viral disease that is particularly common in the winter months. Oscillococcinum® is a patented homeopathic medicine that is made from a 1% solution of wild duck heart and liver extract, which is then serially diluted 200 t
- Homeopathy for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder or hyperkinetic disorder
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 7-Nov-2008
Homeopathy is one form of complementary/alternative medicine which is promoted as being a safe and effective form of treatment for children and adults. Within the UK homeopathy use is estimated at 1.9% of the adult population (Thomas 2004), and around 11%
- Homeopathy for chronic asthma
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 26-Jan-2004
Homeopathy involves the use, in dilution, of substances which cause symptoms in their undiluted form. It is one of the most widespread forms of complementary medicines and is also used to treat asthma.
- Homeopathy for dementia
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 31-Mar-2009
Dementia is a common illness in older people and has major implications for individuals with the disease, their carers and society. A meta-analysis of population based studies in Europe found the prevalence of dementia in individuals over 65 to be 6.4%. H
- Homeopathy for treatment of irritable bowel syndrome
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 4-Sep-2019
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common, chronic disorder that leads to decreased health-related quality of life and work productivity. A previous version of this review was not able to draw firm conclusions about the effectiveness of homeopathic treat
- Homocysteine lowering interventions for peripheral arterial disease and bypass grafts
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 23-Jul-2013
Elevated plasma levels of the amino acid homocysteine (hyperhomocysteinaemia) are associated with narrowing or blocking of the arteries (atherosclerosis). Treatment to lower homocysteine levels has been shown to be both effective and cheap in healthy volu
- Homocysteine‐lowering interventions for preventing cardiovascular events
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 17-Aug-2017
Cardiovascular disease, which includes coronary artery disease, stroke and peripheral vascular disease, is a leading cause of death worldwide. Homocysteine is an amino acid with biological functions in methionine metabolism. A postulated risk factor for c
- Homoeopathy for induction of labour
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 16-Feb-2010
This is one of series of reviews of cervical ripening and labour induction using standardised methodology. Homoeopathy involves the use, in dilution, of substances which cause symptoms in their undiluted form. A type of herb, 'caulophyllum' is one type of
