Key messages • People with heart disease who stop smoking are likely to experience a decreased risk in future heart attacks or other events linked to the heart or blood vessels, such as stroke.  • People with heart disease who stop smoking are unlikely to have worse quality of life. Smoking and heart disease

Why is improving the diagnosis of ovarian cancer important? Many women diagnosed with ovarian cancer (OC) die from the disease, because it has usually spread outside the tubes/ovaries at the time of diagnosis. Missing OC (a false-negative result) may need major surgery and a lower chance of survival. An incorrect diagnosis of OC (a false-positive result) may result in anxiety, unnecessary further tests and surgery. What did we aim to do?

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What was the review about? Acute ischaemic stroke is a sudden loss of blood circulation in a specific brain area, caused by a blockage in one of the blood vessels, promoting neurological damage. Urgent (recanalisation) treatment to remove the blockage can be beneficial. We wanted to know whether the type of anaesthesia used for this procedure influences treatment to restore blood flow after blood vessels are blocked (recanalisation therapies).

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The campaign for World EBHC Day 2022 focuses on partnerships for purpose and how partnerships within and across the global evidence ecosystem work to bridge research, policy and practice and realise the potential of evidence-based healthcare. The 2022 campaign aims to examine partnerships for practical considerations around establishing different types of partnerships, accelerating innovation, striving for equity and integrity, overcoming challenges and biases, lessons learned and achieving impact for improved health outcomes globally.

Key messages • Rapid antigen tests are most accurate when they are used in people who have signs or symptoms of COVID-19, especially during the first week of illness. People who test negative may still be infected. • Rapid antigen tests are considerably less accurate when they are used in people with no signs or symptoms of infection, but do perform better in people who have been in contact with someone who has confirmed COVID-19.

Is ivermectin effective for COVID-19? Key messages We found no evidence to support the use of ivermectin for treating COVID-19 or preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection. The evidence base improved slightly in this update, but is still limited. Evaluation of ivermectin is continuing in 31 ongoing trials, and we will update this review again when their results become available.  What is ivermectin?

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