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Treatment

• Review: antihistamines, decongestants, or both do not provide benefit in children with otitis media with effusion (27 June, 2007)
• Delivery of a β₂ agonist by metered dose inhaler with a bottle spacer was equivalent to delivery by conventional spacer in young children with acute lower airway obstruction

  (27 June, 2007)
• Review: distraction, hypnosis, and combined cognitive-behavioural interventions reduce needle related pain and distress in children and adolescents (27 June, 2007)
• Review: over-the-counter medications are effective for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (27 June, 2007)
• The LiftTrainer^TM programme was not more effective than a video for reducing back injury in jobs with repetitive lifting

  (27 June, 2007)
• Review: lifestyle or pharmacological interventions prevent or delay type 2 diabetes in people with impaired glucose tolerance (27 June, 2007) Free
• Review: oral anticoagulants plus aspirin reduce arterial thromboembolism more than oral anticoagulants alone but only in patients with mechanical heart valves (27 June, 2007)
• Review: adequately randomised trials showed that mammography screening did not significantly reduce breast cancer, cancer, or all cause mortality but increased breast surgeries (27 June, 2007)
• Oral nutritional supplements during acute illness and recovery reduced non-elective hospital readmissions in older patients (27 June, 2007)
• Review: timing or administration route of nutritional support does not affect death or disability in head injury (27 June, 2007)
• Review: patient controlled opioid analgesia reduces postoperative pain more than conventional as-needed opioid analgesia (27 June, 2007)
• Review: acupuncture and mind-body therapies may be effective for cancer related pain (27 June, 2007)
• A proactive communication strategy reduced post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in relatives of patients dying in the ICU (27 June, 2007)
• Overnight splinting of the wrist in a neutral or extended position did not prevent contracture after stroke (27 June, 2007)
• 4 layer bandages were better than 1 layer bandages, and pentoxifylline may be better than placebo for venous leg ulcers (27 June, 2007)
• Daily folic acid supplementation for 3 years reduced age related hearing loss (27 June, 2007)
• An exercise programme led to a slower decline in activities of daily living in nursing home patients with Alzheimer’s disease (27 June, 2007)