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Acetylsalicylic acid (Aspirin) for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes mellitus (protocol stage)
Acupuncture for overweight or obese people (title stage)
Adenosin-diphosphate (ADP) receptor antagonists (clopidogrel, ticlopidine) for the prevention of cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes mellitus (protocol stage)
Adjunctive antithyroid drugs in radioiodine therapy for hyperthyroidism (protocol stage)
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Advice on low-fat diets for obesity
Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors for people with impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting blood glucose
Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors for type 2 diabetes mellitus
Androgen therapy for constitutional delay of growth and puberty in boys (title stage)
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Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors in normotensive diabetic patients with microalbuminuria
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Antihypertensive therapy for preventing cardiovascular complications in people with diabetes mellitus
Antithyroid drug regimen for treating Graves' hyperthyroidism
Chinese herbal medicines for hyperthyroidism
Chinese herbal medicines for people with impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting blood glucose (protocol stage)
Chinese herbal medicines for type 2 diabetes mellitus
Chinese herbal medicines for weight loss (protocol stage)
Chinese medical herbs for hypercholesterolemia (title stage)
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Chitosan for overweight or obesity
Cholesterol-lowering agents for familial hypercholesterolemia in children and adolescents (title stage)
Cinnamon for diabetes mellitus (protocol stage)
Combinations of insulin and oral hypoglycaemic agents for people with type 2 diabetes mellitus on insulin treatment (protocol stage)
Combined therapy with statins and fibrates for people with dyslipidaemia (protocol stage)
Computer-based interventions for weight loss or weight maintenance in overweight or obese people (title stage)
Continuous glucose monitoring systems for type 1 diabetes mellitus (title stage)
Continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) versus multiple insulin injections for type 1 diabetes mellitus (protocol stage)
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Culturally appropriate health education for type 2 diabetes mellitus in ethnic minority groups
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Dietary advice for the prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults
Dietary advice for treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults
Different insulin regimens for type 2 diabetes mellitus (protocol stage)
Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors for type 2 diabetes mellitus
Exercise for overweight or obesity
Exercise for type 2 diabetes mellitus
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Exercise or exercise and diet for preventing type 2 diabetes mellitus
Extended-release metformin versus immediate-release metformin for type 2 diabetes mellitus (protocol stage)
Ezetimibe for primary hypercholesterolemia (protocol stage)
Family based interventions to improve outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (protocol stage)
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Fluoxetine for overweight and obesity (protocol stage)
Gastric electrical stimulation for the treatment of morbid obesity (title stage)
Glargine versus other basal insulins (NPH, Lente, or Ultralente) for the treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus (protocol stage)
Glucagon-like peptide analogues for type 2 diabetes mellitus (protocol stage)
Group based training for self-management strategies in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Growth hormone treatment for short stature in children with fetal growth restriction (protocol stage)
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Herbal medicines for type 1 diabetes mellitus (protocol stage)
High versus low dose of initial thyroid hormone replacement for congenital hypothyroidism (protocol stage)
Hormonal therapy for cryptorchidism (title stage)
'Human' insulin versus animal insulin in people with diabetes mellitus
Impact of usual care on menopausal women with type 1 diabetes mellitus (title stage)
Individual patient education for people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (protocol stage)
Inhaled insulin in diabetes
Initiating and maintaining physical activity for type 2 diabetes mellitus (protocol stage)
Insulin monotherapy versus combinations of insulin with oral hypoglycaemic agents in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
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Intermediate acting versus long acting insulin for type 1 diabetes mellitus
Interventions for improving adherence to treatment recommendations in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Interventions for latent autoimmune diabetes (LADA) in adults
Interventions for preventing and managing iron deficiency in blood donors (title stage)
Interventions for the prevention of nutritional rickets in term born children
Interventions to promote screening for diabetic retinopathy (protocol stage)
Intragastric balloon for obesity
Intranasal insulin for type 1 diabetes mellitus (protocol stage)
Iodine supplementation for preventing iodine deficiency disorders in children
Iodised salt for preventing iodine deficiency disorders
Iron supplementation for iron deficiency anemia in children (protocol stage)
Liposuction for overweight or obesity (title stage)
Long-acting insulin analogue versus another long-acting insulin analogue for type 2 diabetes mellitus (protocol stage)
Long-acting insulin analogues versus NPH insulin (human isophane insulin) for type 2 diabetes mellitus
Long-term non-pharmacological weight loss interventions for adults with prediabetes
Long-term non-pharmacological weight loss interventions for adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Long-term pharmacotherapy for obesity and overweight
Low fat diets for hypercholesterolemia (title stage)
Low glycaemic index or low glycaemic load diets for overweight and obesity
Low glycaemic index, or low glycaemic load, diets for diabetes mellitus (protocol stage)
Luteinising hormone releasing hormone (LHRH) analogues for children or adolescents with early puberty, idiopathic short stature or growth hormone deficiency (protocol stage)
Meglitinide analogues for type 2 diabetes mellitus
Metformin added to insulin therapy for type 1 diabetes mellitus in adolescents (protocol stage)
Metformin monotherapy for type 2 diabetes mellitus
Metformin-sulphonylurea combination therapy for type 2 diabetes mellitus (title stage)
Mobile phone messaging - a telemedicine for people with diabetes mellitus (protocol stage)
Non-pharmacological interventions for obesity in adults with learning disability (title stage)
Nutritional supplementation for glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes mellitus (protocol stage)
Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) for type 2 diabetes mellitus
Oral antidiabetic drugs for type 2 diabetes mellitus (title stage)
Oral vitamin B12 versus intramuscular vitamin B12 for vitamin B12 deficiency
Orlistat for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases in overweight or obese individuals (protocol stage)
Parenteral calcium for intensive care unit patients (protocol stage)
Pegvisomant for acromegaly (title stage)
Pentoxifylline for diabetic retinopathy
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Perioperative glycaemic control for diabetic patients undergoing surgery (protocol stage)
Pharmacological interventions for preventing cardiovascular complications in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (protocol stage)
Pharmacological treatment for acromegaly (title stage)
Pharmacotherapy for thyroid nodules (protocol stage)
Pharmacotherapy for weight loss in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Phosphodiesterase inhibitors for erectile dysfunction in patients with diabetes mellitus
Pioglitazone for type 2 diabetes mellitus
Probucol for type 2 diabetes mellitus (title stage)
Protein and energy supplementation in elderly people at risk from malnutrition
Protein restriction for diabetic renal disease
Psychological interventions for children and adolescents with diabetes mellitus (title stage)
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Psychological interventions for improving glycaemic control in patients with diabetes mellitus (protocol stage)
Psychological interventions for overweight or obesity
Psychosocial interventions for the maintenance of weight loss in obese adults (protocol stage)
Radioiodine therapy for differentiated thyroid carcinoma with thyroglobulin positive and radioactive iodine negative metastases (protocol stage)
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Radioiodine treatment for pediactric Graves' disease
Recombinant growth hormone for children and adolescents with Turner syndrome
Recombinant growth hormone for idiopathic short stature in children and adolescents
Recombinant growth hormone in Prader-Willi Syndrome (protocol stage)
Resistance training for diabetes mellitus (title stage)
Rimonabant for overweight or obesity
Risk of fatal and nonfatal lactic acidosis with metformin use in type 2 diabetes mellitus
Rosiglitazone - metformin combination therapy for type 2 diabetes mellitus (title stage)
Rosiglitazone for type 2 diabetes mellitus
Routine hospital admission versus out-patient or home care in children at diagnosis of type 1 diabetes mellitus
School-based physical activity programs for promoting physical activity and fitness in children and adolescents aged 6-18 (title stage)
Screening for type 2 diabetes mellitus (protocol stage)
Selective neck dissection versus berry picking for differentiated thyroid carcinoma (title stage)
Self-monitoring of blood glucose in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who are not using insulin
Short acting insulin analogues versus regular human insulin in patients with diabetes mellitus
Sibutramine, orlistat or metformin for weight loss in obese or overweight children and adolescents (title stage)
Specialist nurses in diabetes mellitus
Statins for diabetes mellitus (title stage)
Stent versus coronary artery bypass graft for diabetic patients with multivessel coronary artery disease (title stage)
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Sulfonylureas for treating type 2 diabetes mellitus (protocol stage)
Surgery for morbid obesity
Systems for routine surveillance for people with diabetes mellitus
Telephone follow-up for type 2 diabetes mellitus (protocol stage)
Testosterone for aging men (protocol stage)
Thyroid hormone replacement for subclinical hypothyroidism
Thyroxine monotherapy versus thyroxine-triiodothyronine combination therapy for hypothyroidism (protocol stage)
Transdermal testosterone for sexual dysfunction in post-menopausal women (title stage)
Vitamin C and superoxide dismutase (SOD) for diabetic retinopathy
Vitamin D for impaired glucose tolerance or type 2 diabetes mellitus (title stage)
Vitamin D supplementation for prevention of cancer in adults (title stage)
Vitamin D supplementation for prevention of mortality in adults (title stage)
Weight reduction for primary prevention of stroke in adults with overweight or obesity
Weight reduction for reducing mortality in obesity and overweight (protocol stage)
Whole grain foods for the prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus
Yoga for people with diabetes mellitus (title stage)
Zinc supplementation for the prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus