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Therapeutics

• Wearing elastic compression stockings during long-haul flights prevented the development of deep venous thrombosis (1 November, 2001)
• No difference existed in developmental outcomes at 3 years of age between early or delayed tympanostomy for otitis media (1 November, 2001)
• Review: aspirin reduces the incidence of coronary artery disease in people at risk (1 November, 2001)
• Bucindolol reduced mortality and hospitalisation related to cardiovascular causes in advanced chronic heart failure (1 November, 2001)
• Carvedilol reduced mortality and hospitalisation in severe chronic heart failure (1 November, 2001)
• Stents had similar clinical outcomes but more repeated revascularisation than did bypass surgery in multivessel disease (1 November, 2001)
• Gemfibrozil reduced the risk for stroke in men with coronary heart disease and low concentrations of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (1 November, 2001)
• Changes in diet and physical activity prevented type 2 diabetes mellitus in people with impaired glucose tolerance (1 November, 2001)
• Warm water bathing did not reduce use of pharmacological analgesia during the first stage of labour (1 November, 2001)
• Prenatal and postnatal administration of Lactobacillus GG reduced the occurrence of atopic disease in offspring

  (1 November, 2001)
• Salmonella typhi Vi conjugate vaccine reduced the incidence of typhoid fever in 2 to 5 year old children

  (1 November, 2001)
• Surgery was more effective than orthosis for hallux valgus (1 November, 2001)
• Review: cognitive care and combined cognitive and emotional care interventions may influence patients' health outcomes (1 November, 2001)
• A home-based, nurse-delivered exercise programme reduced falls and serious injuries in people ≥ 80 years of age (1 November, 2001)
• Review: pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions improve outcomes in patients with dementia and for their caregivers (1 November, 2001)
• Review: antidepressants plus benzodiazepines lead to fewer drop outs and less depression severity in major depression (1 November, 2001)
• St John's wort was no better than placebo for reducing depression scores (1 November, 2001)
• Review: oral melatonin reduces jet lag in air travellers (1 November, 2001)