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2 June 2008
The placebo debate continues to rear its head and provoke heated discussion following the publication of a randomised controlled trial in the United Kingdom involving patients with irritable bowel syndrome.1
Supplementation with a combination of B vitamins does not appear to reduce the risk of cardiovascular events among high-risk women, despite reducing homocysteine levels, according to the results of a US randomised controlled trial.
Hypertension — to treat or not to treat?

The benefit of treating patients with hypertension who are over 80 years of age has been unclear, with conflicting results from various studies confounding the issue.
An international research group investigating the heritability of osteoporosis has identified evidence for an association between bone mineral density and certain genetic loci.
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©The Medical Journal of Australia 2008 www.mja.com.au PRINT ISSN: 0025-729X ONLINE ISSN: 1326-5377