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Therapeutics

• Corticosteroid injections or physiotherapy were not more effective than wait and see for tennis elbow at 1 year (30 March, 2007)
• Review: evidence from 2 low quality screening studies does not show a reduction in death from prostate cancer (30 March, 2007) Free
• Vaccinating infants with a wide long needle was non-inferior to a narrow short needle for immune response (30 March, 2007)
• Review: high dose statins reduce risk of non-fatal cardiovascular events more than standard dose statins (30 March, 2007)
• Atorvastatin at 80 mg/day reduced cerebrovascular events more than atorvastatin at 10 mg/day in stable coronary heart disease (30 March, 2007)
• Physical counterpressure manoeuvres reduced vasovagal syncope (30 March, 2007)
• An abnormal D-dimer test result indicated that anticoagulant therapy should be continued (30 March, 2007)
• Use of a 2 hour partogram action line instead of a 4 hour action line did not reduce caesarean delivery rate (30 March, 2007)
• Review: children <2 years of age with bilateral acute otitis media and children with otorrhoea benefit most from antibiotics (30 March, 2007)
• The Air-Stirrup brace with elastic wrap improved function in first incident grade 1 or 2 lateral ankle ligament sprain (30 March, 2007)