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Therapeutics

• Co-amoxiclav had short-term effectiveness for persistent otitis media with effusion in young children (1 April, 1997)
• Review: Antibiotics are ineffective for acute bronchitis (1 April, 1997)
• Valaciclovir accelerated healing in recurrent herpes genitalis (1 April, 1997)
• Standardised pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy were more effective than usual care for major depression in primary care (1 April, 1997)
• Multifaceted intervention improved the treatment of depression in adults in a primary care setting (1 April, 1997)
• Emotionally focused marital therapy decreased marital distress and improved marital functioning in couples with ill children (1 April, 1997)
• Both sertraline and imipramine reduced symptoms in dysthymia (1 April, 1997)
• Meta-anaiysis: Training health care professionals to provide smoking cessation interventions only slightly increases smoking cessation (1 April, 1997)
• Patients may overestimate their success in lowering coronary risk factors (1 April, 1997)
• Meta-analysis: Mortality is reduced when fibrinolytic therapy is started soon after the onset of MI symptoms (1 April, 1997)
• Lowering LDL cholesterol levels reduced fatal coronary events in patients with acute MI and average cholesterol levels (1 April, 1997)
• Meta-analysis: Thrombolytic therapy increases the risk for early death and intracranial hemorrhage after acute ischemic stroke (1 April, 1997)
• Endoscopic biliary endoprosthesis had a higher long-term complication rate than did duct clearance (1 April, 1997)
• Blunt-tipped needles reduced the incidence of glove puncture during abdominal closure (1 April, 1997)
• Hormone replacement therapy did not reduce the number of episodes of urinary incontinence (1 April, 1997)
• Fewer antenatal visits reduced high-risk referrals and preterm births in Zimbabwe (1 April, 1997)
• Meta-analysis: Misoprostol reduces NSAID-induced gastrointestinal mucosal injury (1 April, 1997)
• Meta-analysis: Respiratory rehabilitation relieves dyspnea in COPD (1 April, 1997)