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Therapeutics

• Ximelagatran reduced venous thromboembolism more than warfarin after total knee replacement (30 July, 2004)
• Ximelagatran prevented secondary venous thromboembolism (30 July, 2004) Free
• Review: delaying a prescription reduces antibiotic use in upper respiratory tract infections (30 July, 2004)
• Review: elastic compression stockings prevent post-thrombotic syndrome in patients with deep venous thrombosis (30 July, 2004)
• Review: counselling, pharmacotherapy, and surgery help obese adults lose weight (30 July, 2004)
• Review: metformin does not increase risk of lactic acidosis or increase lactate levels in type 2 diabetes (30 July, 2004)
• Review: medical therapies are less effective than surgery for anal fissure (30 July, 2004)
• Review: psychosocial interventions have a modest impact on improving quality of life in adult cancer patients (30 July, 2004)
• Review: allergen specific immunotherapies reduce symptoms, medication requirements, and bronchial hyper-reactivity in asthma (30 July, 2004)
• Smokers and ex-smokers with chronic stable asthma did not respond to high dose oral corticosteroids (30 July, 2004)
• Websites offering information about depression or cognitive behaviour therapy reduced depressive symptoms (30 July, 2004)
• Problem solving therapy improved quality of life and reduced pyschological distress in adults with cancer (30 July, 2004)
• Coaching by non-drug prescribing health professionals reduced total cholesterol concentrations in coronary heart disease (30 July, 2004)
• Medium firm mattresses reduced pain related disability more than firm mattresses in chronic, non-specific low back pain (30 July, 2004)