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Therapeutics

• Self-monitoring of blood glucose did not improve glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes not treated with insulin (30 January, 2008) Free
• Review: thiazolidinediones increase risk of heart failure in type 2 diabetes (30 January, 2008)
• Review: evidence for major benefits and harms of antidiabetic agents for diabetes with heart failure is limited (30 January, 2008)
• Pioglitazone reduced MI and acute coronary syndrome but not other cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes and previous MI (30 January, 2008)
• Review: dietary counselling promotes modest weight loss, but the effect diminishes over time (30 January, 2008)
• Continuous positive airways pressure was better than an oral appliance or conservative measures for mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnoea (30 January, 2008)
• CBT plus an SSRI was as effective as an SSRI alone for adolescents with moderate to severe depression. (30 January, 2008)
• In women with suspected TB, brief sputum-submission instruction improved sampling quality and TB detection (30 January, 2008)
• Iron supplementation in non-anaemic women did not improve pregnancy outcomes and may be harmful to both mother and baby (30 January, 2008)
• Review: local corticosteroid injection relieves symptoms in carpal tunnel syndrome (30 January, 2008)
• Review: quadruple therapies appear to be more effective than triple therapies for single-drug–resistant H pylori

  (30 January, 2008)
• Review: fixed-dose drug combinations improve medication compliance compared with free-drug regimens (30 January, 2008)
• In-home palliative care increased patient satisfaction and reduced use and costs of medical services (30 January, 2008)
• Daily polyethylene glycol over 6 months was effective for chronic constipation (30 January, 2008)
• Review: TCAs, anticonvulsants, opioids, and capsaicin cream are effective for diabetic neuropathy (30 January, 2008)
• Review: available evidence does not support a benefit for thyroid hormone replacement in adults with subclinical hypothyroidism (30 January, 2008)