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Therapeutics

• Review: Dexamethasone reduces hearing loss in childhood Hib meningitis and in pneumococcal meningitis when given early (1 June, 1998)
• Home visits by nurses reduced child abuse and neglect (1 June, 1998)
• Home visits by nurses improved some maternal and child outcomes (1 June, 1998)
• Radiotherapy added to adjuvant chemotherapy reduced recurrence and improved survival in stages II and III breast cancer (1 June, 1998)
• Radiotherapy added to adjuvant chemotherapy reduced recurrence ratse in premenopausal women with node-positive breast cancer (1 June, 1998)
• Quadrivalent rotavirus vaccine reduced dehydrating diarrhoea in infants (1 June, 1998)
• Radiotherapy plus goserelin improved 5-year survival in locally advanced prostate cancer (1 June, 1998)
• Review: Multiple risk factor modification reduces falls in elderly persons (1 June, 1998)
• Ginkgo biloba safety and modestly improved dementia (1 June, 1998)
• Early discharge to community care was as effective as conventional care for stroke (1 June, 1998)
• Review: Early angioplasty improves outcomes for patients with myocardial infarction (1 June, 1998)
• Radioiodine plus prednisone prevented development or progression of ophthalmopathy in patients with Graves hyperthyroidism (1 June, 1998)
• Review: Patient education and counseling increase preventive behaviors (1 June, 1998)
• Review: Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors differ from tricyclic antidepressants in adverse events (1 June, 1998)
• Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors were less cost-effective for initial treatment than tricyclic antidepressants (1 June, 1998)
• Review: Prompted follow-up by specialists and GPs produces simila outcomes for diabetes mellitus (1 June, 1998)