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Head bath promising for primary headaches
Key clinical point: Reasonably effective treatment for primary headaches via placement of the back of a patient’s head in a slowly cooling water...
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Program Prevented Antipsychotic-induced Weight Gain in Youth
Key clinical point: Prescribing antipsychotics for children and youth is associated with a high risk of clinically significant weight gain and...
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Rivaroxaban shows advantages in AF cardioversion
Key clinical point: Patients in atrial fibrillation were able to safely undergo cardioversion as early as 4 hours after taking their first 20-mg...
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Onychomycosis: Not Just For Adults
Key clinical point: Onychomycosis appears to be rising in children and adolescents, and needs to be considered in the differential diagnosis of...
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Emergency Physicians May Be Overprescribing PPIs
Key clinical point: ED physicians may soon be getting an earful from advocates of the ABIM’s Choosing Wisely Program in light of new evidence of...
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Alirocumab sharply reduced major cardiovascular events
Key clinical point: The lower-is-better approach to LDL reduction gets a big boost from a study that showed adding alirocumab to maximally...
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Diabetes increases risk of atrial fibrillation
Key clinical point: Starting at the onset of diabetes, routine pulse palpation, ECGs, and patient interviews focused on signs of atrial...
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Testosterone replacement enhances aerobic capacity in mobility-limited men
Key clinical point: Testosterone replacement therapy neutralizes the age-related decline in aerobic capacity in older men with low testosterone...
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Mifepristone for Cushing’s brings sustained weight loss
Key clinical point: Treatment of Cushing’s syndrome with the glucocorticoid receptor antagonist mifepristone results in sustained significant...
