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  1. Treatments for female pattern hair loss
  2. Intrapartum antibiotics for known maternal Group B streptococcal colonization
  3. A review of the ways that healthcare professionals can improve the use of suitable medicines for older people
  4. Statins for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease
  5. Antioxidant supplements for prevention of mortality in healthy participants and patients with various diseases
  6. No evidence that medical anti-shock trousers improve survival for people with trauma, and some suggestion they may worsen outcomes, but more trials are needed
  7. Screening for breast cancer with mammography
  8. Vitamin C for preventing and treating the common cold
  9. Glucosamine for osteoarthritis
  10. Interventions for preventing obesity in children
  11. Nebulized hypertonic saline solution for acute bronchiolitis in infants
  12. Spiritual and religious interventions for adults in the latter stage of a disease
  13. St. John's wort for treating depression.
  14. Antenatal perineal massage for reducing perineal trauma
  15. Can nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) help people quit smoking
  16. Cranberries for preventing urinary tract infections
  17. Elective repeat caesarean versus planned induction of labour for women with a previous caesarean birth
  18. Interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community
  19. Aripiprazole for autism spectrum disorders (ASD)
  20. Can pressure ulcers be prevented by using different support surfaces?
  21. Continuous support for women during childbirth
  22. Exercise for improving balance in older people
  23. Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm
  24. A comparison of multifocal and monofocal intraocular lens implants used in cataract surgery
  25. Combined chiropractic interventions for low-back pain
  26. Diacerein for osteoarthritis
  27. Diuretics for heart failure in adults
  28. Effect of timing of umbilical cord clamping at birth of term infants on mother and baby outcomes
  29. Immersion in water in labour and birth
  30. Management of faecal incontinence and constipation in adults with central neurological diseases
  31. Some physiotherapy interventions are effective for shoulder pain in some cases.
  32. Supportive therapy for schizophrenia
  33. Umbilical vein injection for management of retained placenta
  34. Zinc for the common cold
  35. Acupuncture for shoulder pain
  36. Antibiotic regimens for suspected late onset sepsis in newborn infants
  37. Antipsychotic drugs for elderly people with late-onset schizophrenia
  38. Bisphosphonates in multiple myeloma
  39. Decision aids to help people who are facing health treatment or screening decisions
  40. Discharge planning from hospital to home
  41. Five-alpha-reductase inhibitor drugs, such as finasteride or dutasteride, reduce the risk prostate cancer in men who have routine prostate cancer screening
  42. Human recombinant activated protein C for severe sepsis
  43. Ibuprofen for the treatment of patent ductus arteriosus in preterm and/or low birth weight infants
  44. Induction of labour in normal pregnancies at or beyond term
  45. Interventions to help women to stop smoking in pregnancy
  46. Magnesium sulfate for treating exacerbations of acute asthma in the emergency department
  47. Maternal hydration for increasing amniotic fluid volume in oligohydramnios and normal amniotic fluid volume
  48. Ovarian stimulation protocols (anti-oestrogens, gonadotrophins with and without GnRH agonists/antagonists) for intrauterine insemination (IUI) in women with subfertility
  49. P6 acupoint stimulation prevents postoperative nausea and vomiting with few side effects
  50. Speech and language therapy for aphasia following stroke