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Therapeutics

• Glyceryl trinitrate ointment increased healing and decreased pain in patients with chronic anal fissure (1 August, 1997)
• Cognitive behaviour therapy improved functional impairment and fatigue in patients with the chronic fatigue syndrome (1 August, 1997)
• Review: Transeutaneous electrical nerve stimulation reduces pain and improves range of movement in chronic low-back pain (1 August, 1997)
• Aerobic and resistance exercise improved pain and performance in knee osteoarthritis (1 August, 1997)
• Low-dose aspirin plus heparin led to a higher rate of live births in women with recurrent miscarriages and phospholipid antibodies (1 August, 1997)
• Aprotinin decreased blood product transfusions in open heart surgery (1 August, 1997)
• Ibuprofen and acetaminophen reduced pain in children with migraine headache (1 August, 1997)
• Monthly immunoglobulin therapy improved relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (1 August, 1997)
• Mitoxantrone plus methylprednisolone improved active multiple sclerosis (1 August, 1997)
• Continuing anticoagulants for recurrent venous thromboembolism was better than 6-month anticoagulant therapy (1 August, 1997)
• Carvedilol reduced death and hospitalization in congestive heart failure (1 August, 1997)
• Injecting insulin through clothing was safe and convenient (1 August, 1997)
• Vein-patch closure was better than primary closure in decreasing early strokes and arterial occlusion in carotid endarterectomy (1 August, 1997)
• Postoperative radiotherapy reduced local recurrence after surgery for rectal cancer (1 August, 1997)
• Postoperative radiotherapy reduced recurrence after surgery for rectal cancer (1 August, 1997)
• Review: The Gamma nail is not superior to the sliding hip screw for extracapsular fracture of the femur (1 August, 1997)
• Vaccination of health care workers reduced geriatric patient mortality (1 August, 1997)
• Transurethral alprostadil restored potency in impotent men (1 August, 1997)