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Treatment

• Review: a short course of antibiotics is as effective as a long course for acute otitis media in children (1 April, 1999)
• Review: smoking cessation interventions during pregnancy reduce maternal smoking (1 April, 1999)
• Calcium reduced PMS symptoms during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle (1 April, 1999)
• Cognitive behavioural self help reduced binge eating in women (1 April, 1999)
• Exercise plus diet improved cholesterol concentrations in high risk adults (1 April, 1999)
• Review: reduced sodium intake results in small reductions in blood pressure among people with hypertension (1 April, 1999)
• Formal guidelines including a pill box improved medication adherence for patients with chronic mental illness (1 April, 1999)
• A Mediterranean type diet reduced all cause and cardiac mortality after a first myocardial infarction (1 April, 1999)
• A single session of music therapy decreased anxiety and improved relaxation in adults who required mechanical ventilation (1 April, 1999)
• “Hospital at home” care was as effective as routine hospital care for older adults (1 April, 1999)
• “Hospital at home” care was generally as effective as routine hospital care for older adults (1 April, 1999)
• HRT did not reduce coronary events in postmenopausal women with existing heart disease (1 April, 1999)