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Treatment

• Review: home visiting programmes that include ⩾1 postnatal home visit are associated with improved quality of home environment and parenting (1 January, 2001)
• Individualised behavioural counselling for smoking mothers decreased children's exposure to smoke (1 January, 2001)
• Intensive diabetes management plus coping skills training improved metabolic control and quality of life in adolescents (1 January, 2001)
• Bug busting was less effective than malathion lotion for head lice in children (1 January, 2001)
• Review: advice from doctors, counselling by nurses, behavioural interventions, nicotine replacement therapy, and several pharmacological treatments increase smoking cessation rates (1 January, 2001)
• On demand use of β₂-agonists led to better asthma control than regular use in moderate to severe asthma

  (1 January, 2001)
• Review: addition of salmeterol leads to improved lung function and fewer exacerbations in symptomatic asthma (1 January, 2001)
• Self hypnotic relaxation combined with structured attention reduced the discomfort of invasive medical procedures (1 January, 2001)
• Review: limited evidence suggests that acupuncture is more effective than no treatment for chronic pain (1 January, 2001)
• Mechanical ventilation with a lower tidal volume resulted in decreased mortality in patients with acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome (1 January, 2001)
• Multilayer bandaging followed by compression hosiery was more effective than hosiery alone in reducing lymphoedema of the limb (1 January, 2001)
• Review: graduated compression stockings prevent deep venous thrombosis in patients who are in hospital (1 January, 2001)
• Review: exercise programmes increase walking times in patients with intermittent claudication (1 January, 2001)
• Postoperative oral nutritional supplementation improved nutritional status and quality of life in malnourished patients (1 January, 2001)
• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training improved perceived control in spouses of patients recovering from an acute cardiac event (1 January, 2001)