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Ginkgo biloba for tinnitus
CONCLUSIONS: There is uncertainty about the benefits and harms of Ginkgo biloba for the treatment of tinnitus when compared to placebo. We were unable to draw meaningful conclusions regarding the benefits and harms of Ginkgo biloba when used with concurrent intervention (hearing aids). The certainty of the evidence for the reported outcomes, assessed using GRADE, ranged from low to very low. Future research into the effectiveness of Ginkgo biloba in patients with tinnitus should use rigorous methodology. Randomisation and blinding should be of the highest quality, given the subjective nature of tinnitus and the strong like...
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - November 16, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Magdalena Sereda Jun Xia Polly Scutt Malcolm P Hilton Amr El Refaie Derek J Hoare Source Type: research

GPs' and practice nurses' views on their management of paediatric anxiety problems: an interview study
CONCLUSIONS: In their management of paediatric anxiety problems, GPs and practice nurses experience major challenges in the cooperation with external mental healthcare providers and in the long waiting lists for these services. GPs and practice nurses believe that thanks to their shared approach more children with anxiety problems can remain treated in general practice. Future research is needed to evaluate the treatment outcomes of the shared efforts of GPs and practice nurses in their management of paediatric anxiety problems.PMID:36096736 | DOI:10.1186/s12875-022-01802-y
Source: Primary Care - September 12, 2022 Category: Primary Care Authors: Lukas B M Koet Jessie J M Bennenbroek Annouk Y S Bruggeman Evelien I T de Schepper Arthur M Bohnen Patrick J E Bindels Heike Gerger Source Type: research

Sound therapy (using amplification devices and/or sound generators) for tinnitus.
CONCLUSIONS: There is no evidence to support the superiority of sound therapy for tinnitus over waiting list control, placebo or education/information with no device. There is insufficient evidence to support the superiority or inferiority of any of the sound therapy options (hearing aid, sound generator or combination hearing aid) over each other. The quality of evidence for the reported outcomes, assessed using GRADE, was low. Using a combination device, hearing aid or sound generator might result in little or no difference in tinnitus symptom severity.Future research into the effectiveness of sound therapy in patients w...
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - December 27, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Sereda M, Xia J, El Refaie A, Hall DA, Hoare DJ Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research

Experts say sadness is wrongly being medicalised
This article represents the expert authors’ viewpoints based on various studies and observations. This was not a systematic review and therefore it is possible that not all evidence relevant to depression diagnosis and prevalence has been considered. Other professionals may have differing views.   Where did the story come from? The article was written by two professors of primary medical care and psychiatry from the University of Liverpool and Duke University Medical Center in the US. It was a discussion piece, which did not receive any specific funding. One of the authors had worked on previous versions of the US dia...
Source: NHS News Feed - January 6, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Mental health QA articles Source Type: news