In this blog for people with chronic kidney disease having maintenance dialysis, Dr Rebecca Gould, Cochrane UK Fellow and Sports and Exercise Medicine Registrar, looks at recent evidence on exercise in adults having dialysis.

We've published three new round-ups of evidence and resources relevant to each professional group.

On this page you can find Cochrane evidence on preventing and treating pressure ulcers (pressure injuries), including resources that aim to make it useful and accessible, as well as links to the reviews themselves. You can either scroll through this page or click on the topics below to jump to a particular section. 

In this blog for anyone with an interest in brain tumours, brainstrust Director of Services and Cochrane Review author Helen Bulbeck reflects on supportive care, what it is, what research tells us about the current state of play with supportive care, and what people living with brain tumours might find helpful. Take-home points  

In this blog, Karen Morley, who in 2018 wrote here about her experiences of OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) and how evidence helped her, tells us what has happened since, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on her mental health, the challenges, and things she has found empowering.

Cochrane UK and Cochrane Ireland are hosting a free 90-minute webinar for secondary school pupils aged 16-18 years interested in studying healthcare-related subjects at university.

People who need cataract surgery on both eyes may wonder whether it is better to have them done on the same day or on different days. In this blog, Sarah Chapman looks at the Cochrane evidence on how the two approaches compare and discusses what else might be important to consider.

In this blog for healthy people who want to know what they can do to prevent high blood pressure and avoid the need to take medication, Robert Walton, a GP, looks at the Cochrane evidence and gives some hints and tips.  Take-home points  

In this blog for the families of people with dementia, doctors Charlotte Squires and James Garrard talk about drugs used to treat symptoms of agitation and psychosis in people with diagnosed dementia. They reflect on what doctors and families together might want to consider when making decisions about trying these treatments.