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Clinical Evidence reports on Diabetes

The worldwide increase in diabetes is focusing more attention on all aspects of treatment, including associated hypertension. Untreated hypertension in people with diabetes is linked to high rates of cardiovascular and microvascular disease. Our update examines new evidence questioning the effectiveness of angiotensin II receptor antagonists for this co-morbidity. In addition, while the evidence supports the idea of aggressive blood pressure targets, we highlight the uncertainty surrounding the exact level of those targets.

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Clinical Evidence Update

In addition to regular updates to systematic reviews and guidelines, the new Clinical Evidence website includes additional educational and practical resources.  Discover more about evidence based medicine.

Estimates of prevalence of this condition vary widely depending on population and study recruitment criteria. What is clear, though, is that the condition is common, and that women with severe prolapse can suffer unpleasant and debilitating symptoms. Our latest update covers important new evidence on hormone treatments and surgical options.

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For more information on all the above systematic reviews, visit the Clinical Evidence website.

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Updates in Clinical Evidence

In addition to regular updates to systematic reviews and guidelines, the new Clinical Evidence website includes additional educational and practical resources based on feedback from customers across the world – you can find more details on these features below.

Asthma and other wheezing disorders in children

Although recent evidence suggests that asthma prevalence is now falling in the UK and other Western countries after sustained rises during the 1980s and 1990s, lifetime asthma prevalence is still reported as 24% in children aged 9 to 12 years in the UK. Our latest update of this condition includes several important changes of categorisation for asthma drug treatments in children.

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Other updates include:

Candidiasis (oropharyngeal)
Epilepsy (generalised)  
Bacterial conjunctivitis
Tubal ectopic pregnancy
Multiple sclerosis
Tinnitus
Obsessive compulsive disorder

For more information on all the above systematic reviews, visit the Clinical Evidence website.

Clinical Evidence systematic reviews inside Best Practice

For a full list of updated topics, please visit our website.

The Clinical Evidence systematic reviews are now available for you to access within Best Practice. The content of Best Practice is also linked to the appropriate Clinical Evidence systematic review via evidence scores. Below are some of the Clinical Evidence reviews that have been updated over the past few months:

• Atrial fibrillation (chronic) New evidence found

• Kidney stones  New evidence found