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Treatment

• Paracetamol plus ibuprofen increased time without fever compared with paracetamol but did not differ from ibuprofen in childrenCommentary (25 March, 2009)

  Arlene Smaldone
• Upgrading home heating systems improved subjective symptoms in children with asthmaCommentary (25 March, 2009)

  Sandra Small
• Continuous glucose monitoring improved glycaemic control in pregnant women with diabetes and reduced infant macrosomiaCommentary (25 March, 2009)

  Beverley O'Brien
• Continuous glucose monitoring improved glucose control in adults but not in young adults or children with type 1 diabetesCommentary (25 March, 2009)

  Nancy A Allen
• Review: weight-reducing agents improve glycaemic control and reduce progression to diabetesCommentary (25 March, 2009)

  Diane Berry
• Review: behavioural counselling reduces sexually transmitted infections in adults and adolescentsCommentary (25 March, 2009)

  Clair Kaplan
• Acupuncture reduced frequency and pain intensity of primary migraine or tension-type headachesCommentary (25 March, 2009)

  Carol Haigh
• Vitamin E or vitamin C supplements did not differ from placebo for major cardiovascular events and mortalityCommentary (25 March, 2009)

  Lynne E Young
• Review: immediate antiplatelet therapy after acute ischaemic stroke reduces death or dependency and risk of recurrent strokeCommentary (25 March, 2009)

  Gail MacKenzie
• Review: early feeding and delayed feeding after PEG placement do not differ for complications or death within 72 hoursCommentary (25 March, 2009)

  Robert Lindeboom
• Review: tight glucose control increases risk of hypoglycaemia but not short-term mortality in critically ill adultsCommentary (25 March, 2009)

  Violeta Lopez
• Occlusive dressings and gauze dressings did not differ for healing open wounds in surgical patientsCommentary (25 March, 2009)

  Georgina Gethin
• Review: evidence on the effectiveness of honey for healing wounds is limitedCommentary (25 March, 2009)

  Margaret Wallace
• Review: compression plus pharmacological prophylaxis reduces VTE more than monotherapy in high-risk patientsCommentary (25 March, 2009)

  Salima SJ Ladak
• Review: enhanced oral hygiene prevents respiratory infection in elderly people in hospitals and nursing homesCommentary (25 March, 2009)

  Cindy Doucette
• Ginkgo biloba did not prevent dementia or Alzheimer disease in elderly peopleCommentary (25 March, 2009) Free

  Gareth Parsons
• High-dose vitamin B supplements did not slow cognitive decline in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer diseaseCommentary (25 March, 2009)

  Esther Coker