Table of contents

Therapeutics/Prevention

• Randomised controlled trial: Cannabinoids fail to show evidence of slowing down the progression of multiple sclerosis (20 April, 2015) Free

  Gareth Pryce, David Baker
• Randomised controlled trial: Sugar and warmth additively decrease pain in newborns getting vaccines (20 April, 2015)

  John W Harrington
• Systematic review:

  Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia management: where do we stand and where are we going?

  (20 April, 2015)

  Pamela A Moise, George Sakoulas
• Systematic review with meta analysis: In women with gestational diabetes requiring drug treatment, glibenclamide may be inferior to insulin and metformin: metformin (plus insulin when required) performs better than insulin (23 April, 2015)

  Dana Carroll, Kristi W Kelley
• Randomised controlled trial: Four-month fluoroquinolone-containing regimens are inferior to standard 6-month tuberculosis treatment (29 April, 2015)

  Timothy R Sterling
• Randomised controlled trial: Cytisine is more effective than nicotine replacement for smoking cessation (2 May, 2015)

  John A Stapleton
• Randomised controlled trial: High-dose barium impaction therapy is a practical option for reducing recurrence of colonic diverticular bleeding (16 June, 2015)

  Mikihiro Fujiya
• Randomised controlled trial: Long-term ticagrelor therapy in patients with prior myocardial infarction significantly reduces ischaemic events, albeit with increased bleeding (16 June, 2015)

  Dimitrios Alexopoulos
• Randomised controlled trial: Varenicline can help smokers to stop smoking by gradual reduction (26 June, 2015) Free

  Karl Fagerstrom
• Systematic review: E-cigarettes may help smokers stop or reduce smoking (16 June, 2015)

  Leonie S Brose
• Randomised controlled trial: Long term impact of screening for type 2 diabetes mellitus – a commentary on new evidence (30 June, 2015)

  Helen C Eborall
• Systematic review: Type 2 diabetes mellitus screening has no effect on mortality (26 June, 2015)

  Uzung Yoon
• Randomised controlled trial: Cranberry capsules (2 taken twice daily for an average 38 days) reduce the risk of postoperative urinary tract infection in women undergoing benign gynaecological surgery involving intraoperative catheterisation (30 June, 2015)

  Alexis A Dieter
• Randomised controlled trial: Oral steroids for improved function but not pain in acute radiculopathy due to disc herniation (1 July, 2015)

  Steven P Cohen
• Randomised controlled trial: Delivering a decision support intervention about PSA screening to patients outside of clinical encounters is ineffective in promoting informed decision-making (2 June, 2015)

  Paul K J Han
• Randomised controlled trial:

  Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole monotherapy should not be used for treatment of severe methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections

  (8 July, 2015)

  Stephan Harbarth
• Randomised controlled trial: Lowering diastolic blood pressure in non-proteinuric hypertension in pregnancy is not harmful to the fetus and is associated with reduced frequency of severe maternal hypertension (3 July, 2015)

  Phyllis August
• Randomised controlled trial: Coronary artery bypass surgery continues to remain the treatment of choice for multivessel coronary artery disease even in the era of new-generation drug-eluting stents (3 July, 2015)

  Friedrich W Mohr, Piroze M Davierwala
• Randomised controlled trial: Physical activity may improve measures of cognition in children (3 July, 2015)

  Véronique Labelle