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Doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis to prevent bacterial sexually transmitted infections
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A Multidimensional Diagnostic Approach for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Importance: Individuals at risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) but without spirometric airflow obstruction can have respiratory symptoms and structural lung disease on chest computed tomography. Current guidelines recommend COPD diagnostic schemas that do not incorporate...
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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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Optimised medical therapy alone versus optimised medical therapy plus revascularisation for asymptomatic or low-to-intermediate risk symptomatic carotid stenosis (ECST-2): 2-year interim results of a multicentre randomised trial
Background: Carotid revascularisation, comprising either carotid endarterectomy or stenting, is offered to patients with carotid stenosis to prevent stroke based on the results of randomised trials conducted more than 30 years ago. Since then, medical therapy for stroke prevention has improved....
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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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What Is Atrial Fibrillation?
Atrial fibrillation is an abnormal heart rhythm that can cause stroke, heart failure, heart attack, chronic kidney disease, dementia, and death.
Atrial fibrillation is classified as paroxysmal (intermittent episodes lasting 7 days or less), persistent (lasting more than 7 days), long-...
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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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