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Therapeutics

• Amlodipine or lisinopril was not better than chlorthalidone in lowering CHD risk in hypertension (1 July, 2003)
• Pravastatin was not better than usual care in reducing all cause mortality or CHD events (1 July, 2003)
• Pravastatin lowered coronary disease risk in elderly persons with or at risk of vascular disease (1 July, 2003)
• Review: PTCA reduces adverse cardiac outcomes and death better than thrombolytics after myocardial infarction (1 July, 2003)
• Manipulative therapy and a low load exercise regimen each reduced the frequency and intensity of cervicogenic headache (1 July, 2003) Free
• Tamoxifen reduced breast cancer risk but increased risks of thromboembolic events and all cause mortality in women (1 July, 2003)
• Review: antibiotics reduce the rate of clinical failure in children with persistent nasal discharge (1 July, 2003)
• Review: continuous positive airway pressure therapy improves subjective and objective sleepiness in obstructive sleep apnoea (1 July, 2003)
• A management strategy that controls lower airway eosinophilic inflammation and symptoms reduced exacerbations in asthma (1 July, 2003)
• Review: self management education improves outcomes in children and adolescents with asthma (1 July, 2003)
• Review: regular medical review is equivalent to written self management plans for optimising asthma control in adults (1 July, 2003)
• In children with moderate dehydration, oral rehydration reduced ED stay and staff time compared with intravenous rehydration (1 July, 2003)
• Gabapentin improved sensory and motor symptoms in the restless legs syndrome (1 July, 2003)
• Review: most herbal treatments have no benefit for menopausal symptoms (1 July, 2003)
• Single dose mifepristone, single dose levonorgestrel, or 2 dose levonorgestrel were effective emergency contraceptives (1 July, 2003)