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Therapeutics

• Vitamin E did not reduce myocardial infarction, death, or stroke in adults at high risk for cardiovascular events (1 September, 2000)
• Review: isolated systolic hypertension increases mortality and morbidity in elderly people and should be treated (1 September, 2000)
• Inhaled budesonide and prednisone led to similar rates of asthma relapse after emergency department discharge (1 September, 2000)
• An outpatient multidisciplinary pulmonary rehabilitation programme was effective in disabling chronic lung disease (1 September, 2000)
• Review: treatment induced blood pressure reductions in pregnancy may be associated with decreased fetal growth (1 September, 2000)
• Controlled and extended release metoprolol reduced death, hospital admissions, and symptoms in chronic heart failure (1 September, 2000)
• Review: antidepressants are effective for clinical improvement in unexplained physical symptoms and syndromes (1 September, 2000)
• Review: early treatment of acute herpes zoster may prevent or shorten the duration of postherpetic neuralgia (1 September, 2000)
• Manual physical therapy and exercise improved function in osteoarthritis of the knee (1 September, 2000)
• Review: glucosamine and chondroitin improve outcomes in osteoarthritis, but the magnitude of effect is unclear (1 September, 2000)
• Review: evidence is unclear that preventive home visits for elderly people in the community improve mortality or health outcomes (1 September, 2000)
• Review: long term effectiveness of non-drug treatments for sleep problems in young children is more evident (1 September, 2000)
• Amoxicillin resolved otitis media symptoms in young children better than did placebo at day 4 but not at day 11 (1 September, 2000)
• Cisapride was effective in the short term for constipation in children (1 September, 2000)
• Routine testing before cataract surgery did not reduce medical adverse events (1 September, 2000)