Mixed Topics
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Blood pressure meds cut cognitive impairment risk
And HIV infection may double patients’ stroke rate.
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Is fish oil’s heart benefit a fish tale?
And how pregnancy and childbirth affect dementia risk.
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Is fibromyalgia one disorder – or two?
And breast cancer patients don’t get the financial counseling they want from their clinicians.
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Brain damage, slight benefit seen in epinephrine cardiac arrest
SGLT2 inhibitors, including dapagliflozin, appear to have a beneficial class effect.
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Bundle pay plan didn’t save money
Nearly 25% of presurgery patients in Michigan were already using opioids.
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Telemedicine payment expansion?
SGLT-2 inhibitor vs. DPP-4 inhibitor: SGLT-2 linked to lower mortality and lower cardiovascular risks.
Opinion
Fish pedicures
Fish pedicures have a long-standing history in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cultures for aiding such skin conditions as psoriasis and helping...
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Managing HIV with diabetes
Intranasal naloxone is promising for hypoglycemia-associated autonomic failure.
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Too many antibiotics prescribed in urgent care
Gardasil 9 vaccination persists for three years when administered between 9 and 14.
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Less documentation highlights new Medicare fee proposal
The diabetes diagnosis that patients love to receive.
Guidelines
AHRQ National Guideline Clearinghouse shutting down
Although some stakeholders are interested in keeping it going, it’s unclear what that would look like and what role, if any, AHRQ would have.