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Therapeutics

• Review: twice daily dosing of penicillin V is as effective as more frequent dosing for streptococcal tonsillopharyngitis (1 November, 2000)
• Tiotropium improved lung function more than ipratropium in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (1 November, 2000)
• Weight loss in obese patients with asthma improved lung function and health status (1 November, 2000)
• Angioplasty was no better than medication for reducing blood pressure or slowing disease progression in renal artery stenosis (1 November, 2000)
• Doxazosin was associated with more stroke and cardiovascular disease events than chlorthalidone in high risk hypertension (1 November, 2000)
• Review: brief primary care interventions are moderately effective for increasing physical activity (1 November, 2000)
• Review: aspirin lowers the risk for MI but not for stroke in people who do not have established vascular disease (1 November, 2000)
• Hormone replacement therapy was associated with increased venous thromboembolism and deep venous thrombosis (1 November, 2000)
• Adding 3 dose artesunate to pyrimethamine sulfadoxine reduced treatment failure in children with acute uncomplicated malaria (1 November, 2000)
• Risk for mother to child HIV-1 infection was increased by breast feeding (1 November, 2000)
• Verapamil reduced attack frequency and the use of abortive agents in episodic cluster headache (1 November, 2000)
• Review: pharmacological interventions are more effective than non-pharmacological for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (1 November, 2000)
• Methadone maintenance was more effective for treatment retention for opioid dependence than psychosocially enriched detoxification (1 November, 2000)
• Review: “distant healing” is often effective for improving patient outcomes (1 November, 2000)
• An advance directive programme in nursing homes reduced health services use without affecting patient satisfaction (1 November, 2000)
• Pelvic floor re-education reduced incontinence at 1 year after radical prostatectomy (1 November, 2000)