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Therapeutics

• Review: prophylactic use of vitamin D reduces falls in older persons (30 November, 2004) Free
• Review: calcium supplementation has a small positive effect on bone mineral density but not fractures in postmenopausal women (30 November, 2004)
• Review: spinal manipulative therapy is not better than standard treatments for low back pain (30 November, 2004)
• Review: soluble fibre improves overall symptoms and constipation but not abdominal pain in irritable bowel syndrome (30 November, 2004)
• Review: several non-pharmacological, pharmacological, and surgical treatments may be effective in urinary incontinence (30 November, 2004)
• Review: exercise training in patients with heart failure is safe (30 November, 2004)
• Review: exercise based cardiac rehabilitation reduces all cause and cardiac mortality in coronary heart disease (30 November, 2004)
• Review: topical mupirocin or fusidic acid may be more effective than oral antibiotics for limited non-bullous impetigo (30 November, 2004)
• Review: limited data on dietary treatment of type 2 diabetes show that dietary advice plus exercise appears more beneficial than dietary advice alone (30 November, 2004)
• Review: adults who require inhaled corticosteroids benefit from a moderate starting dose (30 November, 2004)
• Review: rotavirus vaccines moderately reduce rotavirus diarrhoea in children (30 November, 2004)
• Review: non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are slightly better than paracetamol for reducing pain in osteoarthritis (30 November, 2004)
• Review: most selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors lead to adverse events that appear to outweigh the benefits in children (30 November, 2004)
• Non-sterile gloves were as safe as sterile gloves for repair of uncomplicated lacerations (30 November, 2004)
• Primary tumour excision with a surrounding margin of 3 cm reduced recurrence in melanomas > 2 mm thick (30 November, 2004)
• Oestrogen therapy increased stroke risk and decreased hip fracture risk but did not affect coronary heart disease risk in postmenopausal women with prior hysterectomy (30 November, 2004)