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How Will Treating My Early-Stage Prostate Cancer Affect My Quality of Life?

Early-stage prostate cancer can be treated in different ways. The three main ways are active surveillance, surgery, and radiotherapy. Active surveillance means having your prostate checked every few months to make sure the cancer is not spreading. Surgery would take out the prostate, and...

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prostate cancer quality of life men

CME-Approved Videos: Prevention of Stroke in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

Videos from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute on the prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation.
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stroke atrial fibrillation

Choosing Wisely - 5 Things Physicians & Patients Should Question

Author/s: Subramanian, Usha, Burger, Alfred, Bailey, Jim, Gleason, Nathaniel, Pahwa, Amit

Don’t recommend daily home finger glucose testing in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus not using insulin.

Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) is an integral part of patient self-management in maintaining safe and target-driven glucose control in type 1 diabetes...

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diabetes home blood glucose monitoring insulin

Radical Prostatectomy or Watchful Waiting in Prostate Cancer - 29-Year Follow-up

Author/s: Bill-Axelson, Anna, Holmberg, Lars, Garmo, Hans, Taari, Kimmo, Busch, Christer, Nordling, Stig, Häggman, Michael, Andersson, Swen-Olof, Andrén, Ove, Steineck, Gunnar, Adami, Hans-Olov, Johansson, Jan-Erik

BACKGROUND

Radical prostatectomy reduces mortality among men with clinically detected localized prostate cancer, but evidence from randomized trials with long-term follow-up is sparse.

METHODS

We randomly assigned 695 men with localized prostate cancer to watchful waiting or...

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prostate cancer radical prostatectomy

Interpretation of Rapid Influenza Diagnostic Test (RIDT) Results

Author/s: Mold, James, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

A number of factors can influence the results of RIDTs. The accuracy of RIDTs depends largely on the conditions under which they are used.
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flu influenza RIDT rapid influenza diagnostic test

Effect of Opioid vs Nonopioid Medications on Pain-Related Function in Patients With Chronic Back Pain or Hip or Knee Osteoarthritis Pain The SPACE Randomized Clinical Trial

Author/s: Krebs, Erin E., Gravely, Amy, Nugent, Sean, Jensen, Agnes C., DeRonne, Beth, Goldsmith, Elizabeth S., Kroenke, Kurt, Bair, Matthew J, Noorbaloochi, Siamak

Importance  Limited evidence is available regarding long-term outcomes of opioids compared with nonopioid medications for chronic pain.

Objective  To compare opioid vs nonopioid medications over 12 months on pain-related function, pain intensity, and...

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chronic pain back pain osteoarthritis opioids elderly Elderly care elderly patients older adults RISEOK

Influenza Antivirals: Comparison

Table comparing different anti-influenza medications currently available.
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Interpretation of Rapid Influenza Diagnostic Test (RIDT) Results

A number of factors can influence the results of RIDTs. The accuracy of Rapid Influenza Diagnostic Tests (RIDTs) depends largely on the conditions under which they are used.
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rapid influenza diagnostic test influenza

Dual antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and clopidogrel for acute high risk transient ischaemic attack and minor ischaemic stroke: a clinical practice guideline

Author/s: Reed A.C., Hao, Qiukui, Guyatt, Gordon H., O’Donnell, Martin, Lytvyn, Lyubov, Heen, Anja Fog, Agoritsas, Thomas, Vandvik, Per O., Gorthi, Sankar P., Fisch, Loraine, Jusufovic, Mirza, Muller, Jennifer, Booth, Brenda, Horton, Eleanor, Fraiz, Auxiliadora, Siemieniuk, Jillian, Fobuzi, Awah C., Katragunta, Neelima, Rochwerg, Bram, Prasad, Kameshwar

What is the role of dual antiplatelet therapy after high risk transient ischaemic attack or minor stroke? Specifically, does dual antiplatelet therapy with a combination of aspirin and clopidogrel lead to a greater reduction in recurrent stroke and death over the use of aspirin alone when given...

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aspirin stroke long-term care clopidogrel transient ischemic attack

Effect of glycaemic control on cardiovascular disease in individuals with type 2 diabetes with pre-existing cardiovascular disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Author/s: Barer, Yael, Cohen, Ohad, Cukierman-Yaffe, Tali

The role of intensive glucose control in people with type 2 diabetes and pre‐existing cardiovascular disease (CVD) is controversial. The aim of this systematic review and meta‐analysis was to determine in a subset of people with type 2 diabetes and pre‐existing CVD, the CV effect of intensive...

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cardiovascular disease glucose control intensive type 2 diabetes

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