Youth & E-cigarette Initiation Risk
E-cigarettes have become the most popular nicotine product among young people, with evidence that...
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Aspirin for Primary CVD Prevention
Data suggest that several million individuals are currently prescribed aspirin as prophylaxis...
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Limited Surgical Coverage
Your health insurance has limited surgical coverage, but you’d be amazed at what I can do...
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Lumbar Puncture Guidance
Data indicate that nearly 400,000 lumbar punctures (LPs) are performed annually for either...
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Assessing SPG Block Use
Although used in the treatment of headache disorders for decades, studies assessing the use of...
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Bedtime Hypertension Treatment & Cardiovascular Risk
“Multiple clinical trials over the last 3 decades have documented that the effects on blood...
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Supporting Caregivers During HCT
Evidence indicates that caregivers of children with primary immunodeficiency disorders (PIDs)...
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Head Injury, Cognitive Decline & Dementia Risk
Previous studies indicate that head injury is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality,...
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Doctors and the Culture of Permission
Recently Richard Smith, editor of the BMJ, called out the NEJM for failing to publish critical...
Read MoreDocsplaining – An Unfair Generalization of Physicians
Docsplaining is the subject of a recent Postgraduate Medical Journal viewpoint by Dr. John Launer. Docsplaining, as described, is an endemic issue that characterizes physicians as condescending and uncaring actors in...
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Social Stress & Bone Loss
Psychosocial stress is an established risk factor for many chronic diseases, with mounting...
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Ethnic Differences for OSA
Research indicates that the mechanisms responsible for the development of obstructive sleep apnea...
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Characterizing Emergency Department Visits in Patients With Cancer
Adults with cancer commonly present to the emergency department (ED) seeking relief from poorly...
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Opioid Use After ED Visits for Acute Pain
While the frequency of short-term side effects of opioids are well-known, the long-term risks of...
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Comparing PCI Approaches for Cardiogenic Shock
Previous studies indicate that early revascularization appears to reduce mortality among patients...
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nVNS for Vestibular Migraine
Although data indicate that vestibular migraine (VM) is the most common neurologic cause of...
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Long-term follow-up of antibiotics for appendicitis: Shocking but expected results
After a median follow-up of 7 years, 39% of patients who underwent treatment of uncomplicated...
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The Burden of Platelet Transfusions in Patients With CLD
Clinical guidelines recommend that patients who undergo invasive procedures have a platelet count...
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Asthma-Related ED Visits in Children With Depression & Anxiety
Research indicates that adults with asthma as well as depression, anxiety, or both demonstrate...
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Survival After Pediatric Kidney Transplant Drastically Improved
Survival up from 1970-1985 to 2005-2015 mainly due to drop in deaths from CV causes, infections
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