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Therapeutics

• Review: Prophylactic antiepileptic drugs reduce early seizure after head injury but not death or neurological disability (1 October, 1998)
• Review: Calcium antagonists reduce death and dependence in subarachnoid hemorrhage (1 October, 1998)
• Review: Prophylactic antibiotics reduce mortality in critically ill adults (1 October, 1998)
• Addition of intensive follow-up procedures to standard follow-up did not improve survival in patients with colorectal cancer (1 October, 1998)
• Botulinum toxin promoted healing and symptomatic relief of chronic anal fissure (1 October, 1998)
• Review: 5-aminosalicylic acid induces remission in ulcerative colitis (1 October, 1998)
• Review: 5-aminosalicylic acid maintains remission in ulcerative colitis (1 October, 1998)
• Thrombolysis had benefit similar to that of surgery for acute arterial leg occlusion but had more hemorrhagic complications (1 October, 1998)
• Review; Low-dose, short-term cortieosteroids reduce joint tenderness and pain in adults who have rheumatoid arthritis (1 October, 1998)
• Review: Heparin and mechanical devices reduce deep venous thrombosis in elderly patients having surgery for hip fracture (1 October, 1998)
• Review: Improved glycaemic control reduces microvascular complications in type 2 diabetes mellitus (1 October, 1998)
• Inactivated influenza vaccine decreased pulmonary function in asthma except when colds were considered (1 October, 1998)
• Fluticasone reduced the severity of exacerbations in patients with COPD (1 October, 1998)
• A nonprescription combination analgesic alleviated migraine headache (1 October, 1998)
• High-dose riboflavin reduced the frequency of migraine headaches (1 October, 1998)
• Review: Heterocyclic antidepressants and rational psychological therapies reduce depression in older ambulatory patients (1 October, 1998)
• An educational session on tardive dyskinesia increased patients' knowledge at 6 months without affecting compliance or clinical stability (1 October, 1998)
• Written and verbal advice from general practitioners led to an increase in self-reported physical activity for sedentary patients (1 October, 1998)
• Donepezil improved cognitive and global function in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer disease (1 October, 1998)