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  1. Statins for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease
  2. Cranberries for preventing urinary tract infections
  3. Gabapentin for chronic neuropathic pain and fibromyalgia in adults
  4. Benefits and harms of planned hospital birth compared with planned home birth for low-risk pregnant women
  5. Exercise for depression
  6. Continuous support for women during childbirth
  7. Benefits of antihypertensive drugs for mild hypertension are unclear
  8. A comparison of multifocal and monofocal intraocular lens implants used in cataract surgery
  9. Antioxidant supplements for prevention of mortality in healthy participants and patients with various diseases
  10. Interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community
  11. Vitamin C for preventing and treating the common cold
  12. Two different laparoscopic techniques for repairing a hernia in the groin
  13. Intrapartum antibiotics for known maternal Group B streptococcal colonization
  14. Tramadol for osteoarthritis
  15. Advice to reduce salt consumption for reducing blood pressure; insufficient evidence to confirm predicted reductions in people dying prematurely or suffering cardiovascular disease
  16. Discharge planning from hospital to home
  17. Glucosamine for osteoarthritis
  18. Treatment for ulnar neuropathy at the elbow
  19. Magnesium sulfate for treating exacerbations of acute asthma in the emergency department
  20. St. John's wort for treating depression.
  21. Vaginal prostaglandin (PGE2 and PGF2a) for induction of labour at term
  22. Antenatal perineal massage for reducing perineal trauma
  23. Antibiotics for acute maxillary sinusitis
  24. Exercise for improving balance in older people
  25. Honey as a topical treatment for acute and chronic wounds
  26. Laparoscopic techniques versus open techniques for repair of a hernia in the groin
  27. Vaccines to prevent influenza in healthy adults
  28. Different antibiotics for group A streptococcal pharyngitis
  29. Interventions for preventing oral mucositis for patients with cancer receiving treatment
  30. Zinc for the common cold
  31. Antibiotics for middle-ear infection (acute otitis media) in children
  32. Epidurals for pain relief in labour
  33. Green tea for the prevention of cancer
  34. Interventions for preventing obesity in children
  35. Nebulized hypertonic saline solution for acute bronchiolitis in infants
  36. Thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke
  37. Beta-blockers for hypertension
  38. Diuretics for heart failure in adults
  39. Physiotherapy for treatment of Parkinson's disease
  40. Screening for breast cancer with mammography
  41. Surgical and non-surgical methods of cleaning and removing dead tissue from sores on the feet of people with diabetes.
  42. Using the combined vaccine for protection of children against measles, mumps and rubella
  43. Acetaminophen for osteoarthritis
  44. Amniotomy for shortening spontaneous labour
  45. Antibiotic regimens for endometritis after delivery
  46. Antibiotics for uncomplicated diverticulitis
  47. Continuous and individual interrupted sutures for repair of episiotomy or second-degree tears
  48. Corticosteroids for bacterial meningitis
  49. Early cord clamping versus delayed cord clamping or cord milking for preterm babies
  50. Early skin-to-skin contact for mothers and their healthy newborn infants