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Therapeutics

• Watchful waiting was as safe as surgical repair for minimally symptomatic inguinal hernias (30 May, 2006)
• Review: empirical atypical coverage does not reduce mortality in hospitalised patients with community acquired pneumonia (30 May, 2006)
• Review: oxytocin receptor antagonists for preterm labour do not improve infant outcomes more than placebo or other tocolytics (30 May, 2006)
• Oestrogen did not improve health related quality of life in postmenopausal women with hysterectomy (30 May, 2006)
• Inhaled insulin added onto or replacing 2 oral agents reduced haemoglobin A_1c concentrations in type 2 diabetes

  (30 May, 2006)
• Self treatment after Epley procedure was effective for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo of the posterior semicircular canal (30 May, 2006)
• Prednisolone plus a disease modifying antirheumatic drug improved outcomes in early rheumatoid arthritis (30 May, 2006)
• Improved access to emergency contraception did not increase risky sexual behaviour in adolescents (30 May, 2006)
• Olanzapine led to fewer withdrawals than other antipsychotic drugs but increased weight gain, glucose, and lipids (30 May, 2006)
• Addition of clopidogrel to aspirin, but not early use of metoprolol, improved overall outcome in acute myocardial infarction (30 May, 2006) Free
• Review: cardioselective β blockers do not produce adverse respiratory effects in COPD (30 May, 2006)
• Review: β blockers are less effective than other antihypertensive drugs for reducing risk of stroke in primary hypertension (30 May, 2006)
• Long term fenofibrate did not reduce major coronary events but may reduce total CVD events in type 2 diabetes (30 May, 2006)
• Review: secondary prevention programmes with and without exercise reduce all cause mortality and recurrent MI (30 May, 2006)
• A handwashing intervention in a low income community in the developing world reduced disease incidence in children (30 May, 2006)
• Low dose iron supplementation was effective in older patients with iron deficiency anaemia (30 May, 2006)