Table of contents

Treatment

• Review: sexual abstinence only programmes do not affect STIs or HIV risk behaviours in high-income countries

  (11 January, 2008)

  Grace Getty
• Starting oral contraceptives immediately or during next menses did not differ for continued contraceptive use or pregnancy at 6 months

  (11 January, 2008)

  Karen Moore Schaefer
• Review: vaccines against human papillomavirus prevent cervical cancer precursors in young women

  (11 January, 2008) Free

  Jacqueline Muresan
• Sequential counselling that targeted individual health behaviours did not differ from simultaneous counselling that targeted multiple behaviours

  (11 January, 2008)

  Judith Haber
• A tailored internet intervention did not increase physical activity more than a tailored print intervention or publicly available web sites

  (11 January, 2008)

  Janet D Allan
• Review: dietary restriction, with or without aerobic exercise, promotes weight loss in postpartum women

  (11 January, 2008)

  Kathryn Weaver
• Review: regular brisk walking improves cardiovascular risk factors in healthy sedentary adults

  (11 January, 2008)

  Ralph Maddison
• An intensive lifestyle intervention reduced weight and cardiovascular disease risk factors in overweight and obese people with type 2 diabetes

  (11 January, 2008)

  Deborah Chyun
• Review: moderate weight loss reduces functional disability but does not reduce pain in obese patients with knee osteoarthritis

  (11 January, 2008)

  Donna Ciliska
• Review: intensive behavioural counselling interventions are effective for smoking cessation in patients admitted to hospital

  (11 January, 2008)

  Karen Chalmers
• Review: effectiveness of intensive case management for severe mental illness depends on baseline hospital use and organisation

  (11 January, 2008)

  Lynda Slimmer
• Review: patients in nursing-led units are better prepared for discharge than those receiving usual care

  (11 January, 2008)

  Cindy Doucette
• Review: several interventions reduce fear of falling in older people living in the community

  (11 January, 2008)

  Deborah C Messecar
• In-home palliative care increased patient satisfaction and reduced use and costs of medical services

  (11 January, 2008)

  Michelle Acorn