Tag: systematic review

A systematic review of 116 studies finds that air pollution, heat, contaminated water and soil, agricultural instability, and workplace hazards ...

More Than Half of Ethiopian Primary Schoolchildren Fail to Wash Hands Properly

A meta-analysis of ten studies covering 5,693 Ethiopian primary school children finds only 39.24 percent practice proper handwashing, with hygiene ...

Light-Activated Drugs Kill Enveloped Viruses, but Clinical Uses Stay Narrow, Review Finds

A systematic review of 30 studies finds photodynamic inactivation reliably destroys enveloped viruses in laboratory and blood-product settings, but clinical ...

Survey Maps Two Decades of Intelligent Video Surveillance Systems

A systematic review in the Journal of Big Data synthesizes research from 2000 to 2025 on intelligent video surveillance, proposing ...

Parkinson’s MRI review finds lower locus coeruleus signal at group level

A meta-analysis found lower locus coeruleus MRI signal and volume in Parkinson’s disease, but high variability across cohorts limits claims ...

Bundles linked with lower neonatal ventilator-associated pneumonia

A meta-analysis of 34 studies links multicomponent quality-improvement programs with lower ventilator-associated pneumonia rates in neonatal intensive care units, while ...

African infectious-disease AI review finds 43 studies, uneven coverage and barriers

A systematic review found 43 studies applying artificial intelligence to infectious-disease prediction, management, surveillance or outbreak prediction in Africa between ...

Systematic review maps fragmented Purkinje cell evidence in eyeblink conditioning

A systematic review of 74 animal studies finds that Purkinje cells are important to eyeblink conditioning, but fragmented methods and ...

Meta-analysis links intrinsic-capacity decline to age, sex and education

A meta-analysis of 17 studies involving 27,221 community-dwelling older adults in China estimated 70% prevalence of declining intrinsic capacity and ...

Prevalence and distribution of common uropathogenic bacteria among HIV/AIDS patients worldwide: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A meta-analysis of 37 studies involving 14,318 people living with HIV/AIDS estimated bacterial urinary tract infection prevalence at 18% and ...

Systematic review finds no simple link between neighbourhood resources and late-life depression

A systematic review of 16 observational studies found heterogeneous, very-low-certainty evidence linking material neighbourhood resources and formal community services with ...

Baloxavir post-exposure prophylaxis linked to larger estimated reduction in household influenza

A systematic review of four studies found a larger estimated association between reduced household influenza and baloxavir post-exposure prophylaxis than ...

Global meta-analysis links violence with HIV outcomes in female sex workers

A global meta-analysis of 94 studies associates recent and lifetime violence among female sex workers with higher HIV prevalence, lower ...

Healthcare implementation studies still struggle to establish value for money

A systematic review of 22 healthcare implementation studies found that 16 measured costs without linking them to health or effectiveness ...

Systematic review finds supervised exercise improves strength during childhood cancer treatment

A systematic review of 77 articles found consistent evidence for supervised physical activity improving strength and exercise capacity during childhood ...

Soybean drought resilience requires field validation across African environments

A systematic review of 190 studies finds that drought-resilient soybean in Tanzania requires locally validated genetics, multi-environment testing, phenotyping capacity, ...

Systematic review maps tyrosine kinase inhibitor evidence in canine solid tumours

A systematic review of 200 publications found the clearest clinical evidence for tyrosine kinase inhibitors in canine mast cell tumours, ...

Research report: Targeting the gut-liver axis: New review explores microbial modulation to enhance immunotherapy in hepatocellular carcinoma

A systematic review finds that gut microbes and metabolites may shape the liver immune environment associated with immunotherapy response in ...

Meta-analysis finds selective physical-activity benefits in children aged 6–12

A meta-analysis of randomized trials in children aged 6–12 found selective benefits from physical activity, with the strongest evidence for ...

Research report: Explaining teacher adoption of AI through the technology acceptance model: a meta-analysis and systematic review