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Therapeutics

• Review: self monitoring increases the efficacy and safety of anticoagulant therapy (28 July, 2006) Free
• Lowering homocysteine with folic acid and B vitamins did not prevent vascular events in vascular disease (28 July, 2006)
• Lowering homocysteine with folic acid and B vitamins did not prevent vascular events after myocardial infarction (28 July, 2006)
• Review: surgery is not effective for obstructive sleep apnoea hypopnoea syndrome in adults (28 July, 2006)
• Below the elbow casts were as effective as above the elbow casts for maintaining reduction of forearm fractures in children (28 July, 2006)
• Wet wrap bandages for 4 weeks did not differ from topical ointments but increased skin infections in paediatric atopic eczema (28 July, 2006)
• A low fat diet led to a minor weight loss at 7.5 years in postmenopausal women (28 July, 2006)
• Review: sedative hypnotics increase adverse effects more than they improve sleep quality in older persons with insomnia (28 July, 2006)
• Maintenance treatment with paroxetine, but not psychotherapy, prevented recurrent major depression in older people (28 July, 2006)
• Rapid access to methadone improved entry and outcomes in heroin addicts awaiting methadone treatment (28 July, 2006)
• A rotavirus vaccine for infants prevented rotavirus gastroenteritis with no increase in risk of intussusception (28 July, 2006)
• Mometasone furoate nasal spray was more effective for symptom relief of acute rhinosinusitis than amoxicillin or placebo (28 July, 2006)
• Glucosamine and chondroitin sulphate did not improve pain in osteoarthritis of the knee (28 July, 2006)