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Therapeutics

• Review: some evidence shows that self help books based on cognitive behaviour therapy can relieve depression in some patients (30 January, 2006)
• Review: limited evidence from 2 randomised controlled trials suggests that oral and intramuscular vitamin B₁₂ have similar effectiveness for vitamin B₁₂ deficiency

  (30 January, 2006)
• Low dose aspirin did not prevent cancer in healthy women (30 January, 2006) Free
• Vitamin E did not prevent cardiovascular disease and cancer in healthy women (30 January, 2006)
• Review: viscosupplementation for knee osteoarthritis reduces pain and improves function (30 January, 2006)
• Review: vitamin D plus calcium, but not vitamin D alone, prevents osteoporotic fractures in older people (30 January, 2006)
• Adjunctive treatment with eplerenone reduced 30 day all cause mortality in acute myocardial infarction (30 January, 2006)
• Review: angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers prevent atrial fibrillation (30 January, 2006)
• Pulmonary vein isolation was better than antiarrhythmic drugs for symptomatic atrial fibrillation (30 January, 2006)
• The Bug Buster kit was better than single dose pediculicides for head lice (30 January, 2006)
• Topical chloramphenicol was not effective in children with acute infective conjunctivitis (30 January, 2006)
• Trimethoprim reduced dysuria in women with symptoms of urinary tract infection but negative urine dipstick test results (30 January, 2006)
• Using exhaled NO concentrations to adjust inhaled corticosteroid dose maintained asthma control and reduced the dose (30 January, 2006)
• Review: anticholinergics in addition to β₂ agonists improve outcome in children and adults with acute asthma

  (30 January, 2006)
• Review: long term use of hormone therapy by postmenopausal women does not prevent chronic diseases (30 January, 2006)
• Review: cholinesterase inhibitors may be effective in Alzheimer’s disease (30 January, 2006)