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Therapeutics

• Nicorandil reduced coronary events in stable angina (1 November, 2002)
• Review: aerobic exercise reduces systolic and diastolic blood pressure in adults (1 November, 2002) Free
• Effects of hormone therapy on quality of life in postmenopausal women with CAD differed according to menopausal symptoms (1 November, 2002)
• Cardiac resynchronisation was effective for moderate to severe heart failure with intraventricular conduction delay (1 November, 2002)
• Losartan reduced cardiovascular morbidity and mortality more than atenolol in patients with diabetes and essential hypertension (1 November, 2002)
• Losartan reduced strokes and new onset diabetes more than atenolol in essential hypertension (1 November, 2002)
• Review: advice on low fat diets is not better than other weight-reducing diets for sustaining weight loss in obesity (1 November, 2002)
• Review: metformin does not increase fatal or non-fatal lactic acidosis or blood lactate concentrations in type 2 diabetes mellitus (1 November, 2002)
• Review: venlafaxine is more effective than selective serotoninreuptake inhibitors for depression (1 November, 2002)
• Review: screening for depression reduces persistent depression (1 November, 2002)
• Galantamine improved cognition and global functioning in vascular dementia or Alzheimer’s disease with cerebrovascular disease (1 November, 2002)
• Review: several drugs, especially triptans, are effective for pain relief in acute migraine (1 November, 2002)
• Review: cardioselective β-blockers did not reduce respiratory function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (1 November, 2002)
• Ibuprofen was more protective against asthma morbidity than acetaminophen in asthmatic children with fever (1 November, 2002)
• Oral dexamethasone improved respiratory distress in children <2 years of age with acute bronchiolitis (1 November, 2002)
• Review: probiotics are effective in preventing antibiotic-associated diarrhoea (1 November, 2002)
• Review: Lactobacillus is safe and effective for treating children with acute infectious diarrhoea

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• Review: infliximab increases response and remission rates in fistulising or treatment-resistant Crohn’s disease (1 November, 2002)
• Review: lack of evidence exists for effectiveness of over the counter cough preparations for children with upper respiratory tract infections (1 November, 2002)