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Therapeutics

• Review: statins reduce stroke but not stroke mortality (27 May, 2005)
• Review: atenolol may be ineffective for reducing cardiovascular morbidity or all cause mortality in hypertension (27 May, 2005)
• Diuretic based therapy reduced CV mortality in older patients with isolated systolic hypertension and diabetes (27 May, 2005)
• Review: angiotension receptor blockers do not differ from ACE inhibitors in chronic heart failure or acute MI (27 May, 2005)
• Review: ACE inhibitors, but not angiotensin II receptor antagonists, reduce all cause mortality in diabetic nephropathy (27 May, 2005)
• Trandolapril did not reduce cardiovascular death or other events in stable coronary artery disease (27 May, 2005)
• Picotamide reduced all cause mortality more than aspirin in type 2 diabetes mellitus and peripheral arterial disease (27 May, 2005) Free
• Review: low molecular weight heparin reduces recurrent venous thromboembolism better than unfractionated heparin (27 May, 2005)
• Topical diclofenac improved pain and physical function with no systemic side effects in primary osteoarthritis of the knee (27 May, 2005)
• Cognitive behaviour therapy reduced relapses in recurrent major depressive disorder (27 May, 2005)
• Review: intravenous metoclopramide is better than placebo for reducing pain in acute migraine in the emergency department (27 May, 2005)
• Raloxifene reduced vertebral fractures and breast cancer regardless of prior hormone therapy use in women (27 May, 2005)
• The cognitive behavioural analysis system of psychotherapy prevented recurrence in chronic major depression (27 May, 2005)
• Foot temperature monitoring at home reduced foot complications in high risk patients with diabetes (27 May, 2005)
• The addition of peak expiratory flow monitoring to symptom-based self management did not enhance outcome in children with asthma (27 May, 2005)
• Review: bupropion and nortriptyline each increase smoking cessation rates (27 May, 2005)