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Therapeutics

• Antihypertensive therapy with indapamide and perindopril reduced mortality in patients ⩾80 years (3 October, 2008) Free
• A list of 10 tips improved weight control in overweight and obese adults (3 October, 2008)
• Review: special diets, including egg and cow’s milk exclusion, a few-foods diet, and an elemental diet, are not effective in unselected cases of atopic eczema (3 October, 2008)
• Review: little high-quality evidence is available regarding treatments for localised prostate cancer (3 October, 2008)
• Review: limited evidence suggests that statins are safe in patients with liver disease (3 October, 2008)
• Buflomedil reduced cardiovascular events in peripheral arterial disease (3 October, 2008)
• Risk of cancer was still increased over 2 years after stopping hormone therapy (3 October, 2008)
• Imiquimod 5% cream reduced lesion size in vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (3 October, 2008)
• Laparoscopic appendicectomy reduced chronic right lower-quadrant abdominal pain more than sham intervention (3 October, 2008)
• Oral prednisolone was not inferior to intravenous prednisolone for treatment failure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation (3 October, 2008)
• Metformin plus a lifestyle intervention was more effective than either alone for antipsychotic-induced weight gain (3 October, 2008)
• Telmisartan and ramipril were equivalent, but their combination increased adverse events in vascular disease or diabetes (3 October, 2008)
• Review: some evidence supports pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments of fibromyalgia syndrome (3 October, 2008)
• Review: erythropoiesis-stimulating agents increase mortality and venous thromboembolism in cancer-associated anaemia (3 October, 2008)
• Metformin (alone or with insulin) was as effective as insulin for preventing perinatal complications in gestational diabetes (3 October, 2008)