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Therapeutics

• Circumcision reduced the risk of contracting HIV infection in young sexually active Kenyan men (20 September, 2007) Free
• Review: flight times >8 hours and presence of risk factors for VTE increases travel related VTE (20 September, 2007)
• Intra-articular corticosteroid injections with the reciprocating procedure device reduced procedural pain and duration more than the conventional syringe (20 September, 2007)
• Percutaneous coronary intervention plus optimal medical therapy was not more effective than medical therapy alone in stable CAD (20 September, 2007)
• Review: lifestyle or pharmacological interventions prevent or delay type 2 diabetes in impaired glucose tolerance (20 September, 2007)
• Review: collaborative care was effective for depression in primary care in the short and longer term (20 September, 2007)
• A hospital-based violence prevention intervention reduced hospital recidivism for violent injury and arrests for violent crimes (20 September, 2007)
• Booklet-based education in vestibular rehabilitation or symptom control improved subjective health in Ménière disease (20 September, 2007)
• Review: available evidence does not support the use of β blockers as first line treatment for hypertension (20 September, 2007)
• An intensive smoking cessation intervention reduced hospital admissions and mortality in high risk smokers with CVD (20 September, 2007) Free
• Salmeterol and fluticasone propionate did not reduce mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (20 September, 2007)
• Once daily oral controller therapy with low dose theophylline or montelukast was not effective in poorly controlled asthma (20 September, 2007)
• Review: drugs for mild to moderate hypertension in pregnancy reduce the risk of severe hypertension but not pre-eclampsia (20 September, 2007)
• Reducing infant exposure to food and dust mite allergens reduced the incidence of asthma and allergy at age 8 years (20 September, 2007)
• Review: periodic health examination increases delivery of some clinical preventive services and reduces patient worry (20 September, 2007)
• Stress echocardiography safely classified more patients as low risk of serious CAD than exercise electrocardiography (20 September, 2007)