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Therapeutics

• Continuing alendronate for an additional 5 years maintained bone mineral density in postmenopausal women (30 May, 2007)
• Annual mammographic screening beginning at 40 years of age did not significantly reduce breast cancer mortality after 10 years in women (30 May, 2007)
• Review: SSRIs lead to improvement in depression by the end of the first week (30 May, 2007)
• Self management plus usual care was more effective than usual care alone for lower urinary tract symptoms in men (30 May, 2007)
• Review: diacerein is more effective than placebo and is as effective as NSAIDs for knee and hip osteoarthritis (30 May, 2007)
• Review: inhaled corticosteroids reduce hospital admission and increase discharge rate during the first 4 hours in the emergency department for acute asthma (30 May, 2007)
• Review: the current evidence does not suggest that oral contraceptives hasten resolution of functional ovarian cysts (30 May, 2007)
• Etomidate had shorter induction and recovery times than midazolam for fracture reduction (30 May, 2007)
• Herbal supplements did not relieve vasomotor symptoms of menopause in women (30 May, 2007)
• Review: prokinetics, histamine H₂ receptor antagonists, antimuscarinics, and proton pump inhibitors improve global symptoms in non-ulcer dyspepsia

  (30 May, 2007)
• Prompt insertion of tympanostomy tubes in infants and toddlers with persistent middle ear effusion did not improve developmental outcomes at 9–11 years of age (30 May, 2007)
• Encouraging influenza vaccination for nursing home staff reduced mortality and influenza like illness in the residents (30 May, 2007)
• Review: LABAs are better than leukotriene receptor antagonists when added to inhaled corticosteroids in recurrent asthma (30 May, 2007)
• Daily folic acid supplementation for 3 years improved cognitive function in older persons (30 May, 2007)
• Review: eradication therapy supplemented by probiotics increased eradication rates and reduced side effects in H pylori infection

  (30 May, 2007)