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Treatment

• Changing a urine collection pad (UCP) every 30 minutes reduced contamination of urine samples more than a UCP kept in the nappy in children with suspected urinary tract infection (28 June, 2005)
• Review: thickened feeds or metoclopramide may reduce symptoms of gastro-oesophageal reflux in healthy infants (28 June, 2005)
• Home visits by paraprofessionals improved maternal mental health and mother-child interaction 2 years after visits ended (28 June, 2005)
• Review: some specific preventive psychosocial and psychological interventions reduce risk of postpartum depression (28 June, 2005)
• Review: little evidence supports the efficacy of major commercial and organised self help weight loss programmes (28 June, 2005)
• Maintenance and symptom relief with budesonide plus formoterol reduced severe asthma exacerbations (28 June, 2005)
• Home based and hospital based IV antibiotics for cellulitis had similar effects on clinical outcomes (28 June, 2005)
• At-home foot temperature monitoring reduced foot complications in high risk patients with diabetes (28 June, 2005)
• A collaborative care intervention improved depression outcomes, but not glycaemic control, in diabetes and comorbid depression (28 June, 2005)
• Review: high dose vitamin E supplementation is associated with increased all cause mortality (28 June, 2005)
• Review: plant based oestrogens do not relieve hot flushes or other menopausal symptoms (28 June, 2005)
• Review: mild induced hypothermia does not reduce mortality or severe disability in moderate to severe head injury (28 June, 2005)
• Review: bowel preparation before elective colorectal surgery increases anastomotic leakage more than no preparation (28 June, 2005)
• Review: statins reduce non-fatal and fatal strokes in patients with and without coronary heart disease (28 June, 2005)
• Patient self management of anticoagulants resulted in fewer major complications than clinic-based management (28 June, 2005)
• Review: intravenous and oral opioids reduce chronic non-cancer pain but are associated with high rates of constipation, nausea, and sleepiness (28 June, 2005)
• Patients who wore standard magnetic bracelets reported reduced pain from osteoarthritis of the hip or knee compared with patients wearing placebo bracelets (28 June, 2005) Free