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Therapeutics

• Early surgery was better than watchful waiting for language development In children with persistent otitis media with effusion (1 October, 1999)
• Review: Magnesium sulfate is effective for severe acute asthma treated in the emergency department (1 October, 1999)
• A structured discharge package given by a nurse reduced hospital readmission and reattendance in children with asthma (1 October, 1999)
• Influenza vaccine prevented influenza infection in health care workers (1 October, 1999)
• Exercise training reduced mortality and cardiac events and improved quality of life in chronic heart failure (1 October, 1999)
• Review: 6 clinical conditions can be modified to reduce risk for a first stroke (1 October, 1999)
• Review: Anihypertensive drugs reduce stroke in patients 80 years of age or older (1 October, 1999)
• Review: Medication and cognitive behaviour therapy control symptoms of bulimia nervosa (1 October, 1999)
• Cognitive behavior therapy, temazepam, or both improved short-term outcomes for older adults with persistent insomnia (1 October, 1999)
• Intervention by paraprofessional advocates helped abused women meet their needs and goals and reduced violence (1 October, 1999)
• 10 mg of mifepristone prevented pregnancy as effectively as 600 mg within 5 days of unprotected intercourse (1 October, 1999)
• Laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy resulted in less pain and shorter hospital stay than abdominal hysterectomy (1 October, 1999)
• Review: Support interventions reduce cessation of breast-feeding within 2 months of delivery (1 October, 1999)
• Review: Adjuvant chemotherapy improves recurrence-free intervals and recurrence-free survival in soft-tissue sarcoma (1 October, 1999)
• Laparoscopic appendectomy was better than open appendectomy for subjective full recovery but not for duration of sick leave (1 October, 1999)
• Zidovudine reduced vertical transmission of HIV infection in breast-fed infants (1 October, 1999)
• A pacemaker reduced the recurrence of syncope in patients with severe vasovagal syncope (1 October, 1999)