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Therapeutics/Prevention

• Randomised controlled trial: NSAIDs or paracetamol for short-term treatment of mild to moderate knee pain in early osteoarthritis: are they equivalent? (19 October, 2015)

  Philip G Conaghan
• Randomised controlled trial: Cervical arthroplasty compares favourably to ACDF at half-decade follow-up (4 November, 2015)

  Rick Sasso
• Systematic review with meta-analysis: Longer dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) after percutaneous coronary intervention has higher anti-ischaemic efficacy than shorter DAPT but is associated with more frequent bleeding (21 October, 2015)

  Eliano P Navarese
• Systematic review with meta analysis: Low to moderate quality evidence demonstrates the potential benefits and adverse events of cannabinoids for certain medical indications (21 October, 2015)

  Kevin P Hill, W Max Hurley-Welljams-Dorof
• Systematic review with meta analysis: Structured diet and physical activity programmes provide strong evidence of effectiveness for type 2 diabetes prevention and improvement of cardiometabolic health (22 October, 2015)

  Nicolaas P Pronk
• Randomised controlled trial: The addition of abdomen and pelvis CT to limited cancer screening does not increase diagnosis of cancer in patients with unprovoked venous thromboembolism (4 November, 2015)

  Matthew T Rondina, Kencee Kay Graves
• Randomised controlled trial: Blood glucose monitoring had no impact on distress or self-efficacy in people with non-insulin-treated type 2 diabetes (2 November, 2015)

  Simon R Heller
• Randomised controlled trial: Supplemental oxygen in patients without hypoxia in ST segment elevation myocardial infarction increases myocardial injury and infarct size (6 November, 2015)

  Gabriele Crimi
• Randomised controlled trial: Tamsulosin and nifedipine did not improve stone passage over placebo nor were they cost-effective in ureteric stone disease (6 November, 2015)

  Sayyid M Ammar Raza, Philip A Kalra
• Randomised controlled trial: No differences between operative and non-operative treatments of proximal humerus fractures (22 October, 2015)

  Antti P Launonen, Ville M Mattila
• Systematic review with meta analysis: The effectiveness of a single dose of oral ibuprofen plus caffeine in acute postoperative pain in adults (7 December, 2015)

  Sergio Bergese, Karina Castellon-Larios
• Randomised controlled trial: Dextromethorphan and quinidine are suitable for off-label short-term treatment of agitation in people with Alzheimer's disease following first-line non-drug approaches (23 December, 2015)

  Anne Corbett, Clive Ballard
• Randomised controlled trial: Initiating antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients with >500 CD4 cells/µL provides more benefit than delaying treatment (11 December, 2015)

  George W Rutherford, Andrew Anglemyer
• Cohort study: Mechanical bowel preps improve surgical outcomes in colorectal surgery (11 December, 2015)

  Christopher Mantyh
• Systematic review with meta analysis: Early laparoscopic cholecystectomy appears better than delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for patients with acute cholecystitis (8 December, 2015)

  Kurinchi Gurusamy
• Cohort study: Elective colectomy for severe ulcerative colitis may reduce mortality more than medical therapy (7 December, 2015)

  Harini Naidu, Francis A Farraye, Ansu Noronha
• Randomised controlled trial: High-dose vitamin D supplementation does not alter bone mass or muscle function over 1 year in postmenopausal women (16 December, 2015)

  Nicholas C Harvey, Cyrus Cooper
• Randomised controlled trial: Surgery and physical therapy likely yield similar outcomes in spinal stenosis (4 January, 2016)

  Sohail K Mirza