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Therapeutics

• Telling smokers their “lung age” promoted successful smoking cessation (30 July, 2008) Free
• Review: cranberry products may prevent urinary tract infection in women with recurrent infections (30 July, 2008)
• Honey, not dextromethorphan, was better than no treatment for nocturnal cough in children with upper respiratory infections. (30 July, 2008)
• Altering the glycaemic index or carbohydrate intake did not affect glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes (30 July, 2008)
• Adjustable gastric banding plus conventional therapy improved glycaemic control in obese patients with type 2 diabetes (30 July, 2008)
• A personalised intervention reduced weight regain in overweight and obese adults who had recently lost weight (30 July, 2008)
• Review: paroxetine and placebo do not differ for treatment discontinuation in major depression (30 July, 2008)
• Review: α-antagonists and calcium channel blockers both improve spontaneous expulsion of kidney stones (30 July, 2008)
• Review: reduction in resting heart rate after taking β-blockers or calcium-channel blockers reduce mortality and morbidity after MI (30 July, 2008)
• Review: statins prevent stroke and reduce mortality (30 July, 2008)
• Dexamethasone and placebo did not differ for respiratory status change or hospital admission in infants with acute bronchiolitis (30 July, 2008)
• Review: azathioprine, infliximab, certolizumab, and adalimumab are effective for maintaining remission in Crohn’s disease (30 July, 2008)
• Review: lack of evidence that multifactorial risk assessment and targeted interventions prevent falls in elderly people (30 July, 2008)
• CT pulmonary angiography was not inferior to ventilation–perfusion lung scanning for ruling out PE (30 July, 2008)