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Association of Current Opioid Use With Serious Adverse Events Among Older Adult Survivors of Breast Cancer

Author/s: Winn, Aaron N., Check, Devon K., Farkas, Amy, Fergestrom, Nicole M., Neuner, Joan M., Roberts, Andrew W.

Importance: National efforts to improve safe opioid prescribing focus on preventing misuse, overdose, and opioid use disorder. This approach overlooks opportunities to better prevent other serious opioid-related harms in complex populations, such as older adult survivors of...

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RISEOK aged elderly Opioid-Related Disorders opioids pain management

Existing methods of screening for substance abuse (standardized questionnaires or clinician’s simply asking) have proven difficult to initiate and maintain in primary care settings. This article reports on how predictive modeling can be used to screen for

Author/s: Alemi, Farrokh, Avramovic, Sanja, Schwartz, Mark D.

Existing methods of screening for substance abuse (standardized questionnaires or clinician's simply asking) have proven difficult to initiate and maintain in primary care settings. This article reports on how predictive modeling can be used to screen for substance abuse using extant data in...

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opioid abuse predictive models prescription abuse screening substance abuse veterans RISEOK

Effect of Subcutaneous Semaglutide vs Placebo as an Adjunct to Intensive Behavioral Therapy on Body Weight in Adults With Overweight or Obesity: The STEP 3 Randomized Clinical Trial

Author/s: Wadden, Thomas A., Bailey, Timothy S., Billings, Liana K., Davies, Melanie, Frias, Juan P., Koroleva, Anna, Lingvay, Ildiko, O'Neil, Patrick M., Runino, Domenica M., Skovgaard, Dorthe, Wallenstein, Signe O.R., Garvey, W. TImothy, STEP 3 Investigators

Importance: Weight loss improves cardiometabolic risk factors in people with overweight or obesity. Intensive lifestyle intervention and pharmacotherapy are the most effective noninvasive weight loss approaches.

Objective: To compare the effects of once-...

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weight loss body mass index BMI body weight obesity

Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Emergency

Author/s: Prince, Andrew D.P., Stucken, Emily Z.

The family physician's role in recognizing and managing sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) is crucial. A recently updated otolaryngologic clinical practice guideline has been released for this emergency syndrome, but dissemination is limited to a specialty journal. As a result, the...

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Audiology clinical decision-making Conductive Hearing Loss family medicine Family Physicians Otolaryngology primary health care Sudden Hearing Loss

Rethinking mechanisms, diagnosis and management of endometriosis

Author/s: Chapton, Charles, Marcellin, Louis, Borghese, Bruno, Santulli, Pietro

Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease defined as the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterus, which causes pelvic pain and infertility. This disease should be viewed as a public health problem with a major effect on the quality of life of women as well as being a substantial...

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Diagnosis and treatment of adenomyosis

Author/s: Dason, Ebernella Shirin, Chan, Crystal, Sobel, Mara

Adenomyosis is a benign gynecological disorder characterized by aberrant development of endometrial glands and stroma within the myometrium, causing inflammation and neuroangiogenesis. Adenomyosis often coexists with other gynecological conditions and may cloud the clinical presentation.
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Effect of Telephone Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in Older Adults With Osteoarthritis Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Author/s: McCurry, Susan M., Zhu, Weiwei, Von Korff, Michael, Wellman, Robert, Morin, Charles M., Thakral, Manu, Yeung, Kai, Vitiello, Michael V.

Importance: Scalable delivery models of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), an effective treatment, are needed for widespread implementation, particularly in rural and underserved populations lacking ready access to insomnia treatment.

Objective: ...

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Foodborne illness source attribution estimates for 2018 for Salmonella, Escherichia coli O157, Listeria monocytogenes, and Campylobacter using multi-year outbreak surveillance data, United States

Each year in the United States an estimated 9 million people get sick, 56,000 are hospitalized, and 1,300 die of foodborne disease caused by known pathogens. These estimates help us understand the scope of this public health problem. However, to develop effective prevention measures, we need to...

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Risk Factors Associated With Transition From Acute to Chronic Low Back Pain in US Patients Seeking Primary Care

Author/s: Stevans, Joel M., Delitto, Anthony, Khoja, Samannaaz, Patterson, Charity G., Smith, Clair N., Schneider, Michael J., Freburger, Janet K., Greco, Carol M., Freel, Jennifer A., Sowa, Gwendolyn A., Wasan, Ajay D., Brennan, Gerard P., Hunter, Stephen J., Minick, Kate I., Wegener, Stephen T., Ephraim, Patti L., Friedman, Michael", Jason M., Robert B.

Importance: Acute low back pain (LBP) is highly prevalent, with a presumed favorable prognosis; however, once chronic, LBP becomes a disabling and expensive condition. Acute to chronic LBP transition rates vary widely owing to absence of standardized operational definitions, and...

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Screening for Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

Author/s: US Preventive Services Task Force

Importance: Carotid artery stenosis is atherosclerotic disease that affects extracranial carotid arteries. Asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis refers to stenosis in persons without a history of ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack, or other neurologic symptoms referable...

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