cochrane review

(MedPage Today) -- Probiotics modestly help stave off colds and the need for antibiotics to treat them, according to a Cochrane review.

(MedPage Today) -- Nebulized epinephrine can quickly ease the distressing symptoms of croup in young children, but the effects fade by the two-hour mark, a Cochrane review found.

(MedPage Today) -- Although zinc may be helpful in treating and preventing the common cold in otherwise healthy individuals, the benefits come at the expense of some side effects, a Cochrane review showed.

(MedPage Today) -- Increasing the maintenance dose of inhaled corticosteroid at the beginning of an asthma attack did not lessen the need for systemic corticosteroids, according to a Cochrane review.

(MedPage Today) -- Reminders can help seniors get their flu shot, but not all methods work, according to a Cochrane review.

(MedPage Today) -- Asthma patients need less medication and show reductions in symptoms following allergy desensitization treatment, though local and systemic reactions appear relatively common, an updated Cochrane review found.

There's not enough evidence to conclude that the antiviral drug oseltamivir (Tamiflu) has any benefit for the complications of influenza in otherwise healthy patients, according to a Cochrane review.

Rapid viral diagnostic testing did not reduce the burden of treating children with respiratory symptoms and fever in the emergency department, according to a Cochrane Review meta-analysis.