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Opioids don’t top NSAIDs for chronic pain

Publish date: December 20, 2018

 

Opioids’ pain relief and physical function benefits don’t top NSAIDs in chronic noncancer pain. A barbershop-based hypertension intervention is still going strong a year later. Canakinumab has a remarkable effect on knee and hip replacement risk. And low-tech BMI compares favorably with body scanning for cardiometabolic screening.

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