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Therapeutics

• Warfarin was not more effective than aspirin and increased adverse events in symptomatic intracranial arterial stenosis (30 September, 2005)
• Low dose aspirin lowered stroke risk but not risks of MI or cardiovascular deaths in women (30 September, 2005)
• Intensified blood pressure (BP) control was not better than conventional BP control in non-diabetic chronic renal disease (30 September, 2005) Free
• ED use of magnesium sulphate improved rate control in atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response (30 September, 2005)
• Review: several pharmacological therapies promote modest weight loss (30 September, 2005)
• Review: sparse high quality evidence supports surgery for obesity (30 September, 2005)
• Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) reduced AAA mortality in Danish men 64–73 years of age (30 September, 2005)
• A smoking cessation programme plus inhaled ipratropium improved survival in asymptomatic airway obstruction (30 September, 2005)
• Clinician advice, an interactive computer program, and motivational counselling increased smoking cessation in teens (30 September, 2005)
• Cognitive therapy reduced relapses and number of days in bipolar episodes in DSM-IV bipolar I disorder

  (30 September, 2005)
• Review: bright light therapy and dawn simulation reduce symptom severity in seasonal affective disorder (30 September, 2005)
• Buccal oxycodone reduced pain more than placebo in children with acute undifferentiated abdominal pain (30 September, 2005)