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Doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis to prevent bacterial sexually transmitted infections
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Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Mental Disorders in Adults: A Unified Series of Meta-Analyses
Importance: Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is a first-line treatment for most mental disorders. However, no meta-analytic study has yet integrated the results of randomized clinical trials on CBT across different disorders, using uniform methodologies and providing a complete overview of the...
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Nonhormonal Treatment of Menopausal Vasomotor Symptoms
Vasomotor symptoms are the most widely recognized menopause symptoms in Western nations, with at least 75% of women reporting hot flashes or night sweats during or after the menopause transition. Many women struggle to choose between treatments, given lack of data on direct comparisons of...
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Canadian guideline for the clinical management of high-risk drinking and alcohol use disorder
Background: In Canada, low awareness of evidence-based interventions for the clinical management of alcohol use disorder exists among health care providers and people who could benefit from care. To address this gap, the Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse convened a national...
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Lipoprotein(a)
Lipoprotein(a) is a low-density lipoprotein-like particle that carries oxidized phospholipids and has proinflammatory and proatherogenic properties. In prospective studies, higher levels of lipoprotein(a) are associated with significantly higher risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (...
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Vitamin D for Prevention of Disease
Vitamin D regulates bone homeostasis,1 and epidemiologic studies suggest that lower vitamin D levels may be associated with increased risk of RTIs, cardiovascular disease, malignancy, and metabolic disorders.2,3 Increased awareness of possible health benefits associated with higher 25(OH)D...
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Has This Child Experienced Physical Abuse?: The Rational Clinical Examination Systematic Review
Importance: Nearly 100 000 children experience physical abuse each year in the US. Among approximately 2000 annual deaths related to child maltreatment, more than 40% resulted from physical abuse, and half of those children were younger than 1 year. Many of these young children had unidentified...
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Efficacy of interventions for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome, functional abdominal pain-not otherwise specified, and abdominal migraine in children: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
Background: Many treatments for abdominal pain-related disorders of gut-brain interaction (AP-DGBI) in children have been studied. We aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of all known treatment options for paediatric AP-DGBI.
Methods: For this systematic review and network meta-...
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Cataracts: A Review
Importance Age-related cataract, defined as progressive opacification or clouding of the eye’s natural lens, is a leading cause of visual disability and blindness. Cataract surgery is one of the most commonly performed procedures in high-income countries. More than 3.5 million cataract...
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Managing obesity in children: a clinical practice guideline
Background: Obesity is a complex, chronic, stigmatized disease whereby abnormal or excess body fat may impair health or increase the risk of medical complications, and can reduce quality of life and shorten lifespan in children and families. We developed this guideline to provide evidence-based...
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