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Obesity Treatment, Beyond the Guidelines: Practical Suggestions for Clinical Practice
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Quick Uptakes: Taking the Uncertainty Out of Interpreting BRCA Variants
The Problem
Testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations identifies both benign and pathogenic genetic variants. But information about specific variants, particularly those of uncertain clinical significance (VUS), often isn’t systematically curated, expertly reviewed, or...
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Medical Marijuana Overview: Patient Care Considerations for all Primary Care Physicians
Objectives:
- Recognize the difference between recommending and prescribing medication in regard to medical marijuana
- Summarize components of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Rules and Regulations in regard to patient licensing and physician recommendations
- Recognize...
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Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Urinary Incontinence in Women: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis of Clinical Outcomes
BACKGROUND:
Urinary incontinence (UI), a common malady in women, most often is classified as stress, urgency, or mixed.
PURPOSE:
To compare the effectiveness of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions to improve or cure stress, urgency, or mixed UI in nonpregnant ...
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Aspirin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: Weighing Up the Evidence
Aspirin is one of the most universally recognized and commonly prescribed medications worldwide. It is estimated that 48.7 million U.S. adults are taking aspirin for cardiovascular disease prevention; the majority (~73%) for primary prevention. The benefit of aspirin for secondary prevention of...
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Exercise Videogames, Physical Activity, and Health: Wii Heart Fitness: A Randomized Clinical Trial
INTRODUCTION:
Adults who engage in regular physical activity have lower rates of morbidity and mortality than those who do not. Exercise videogames may offer an attractive, sustainable alternative or supplement to traditional modes of exercise. This study compared exercise videogames with...
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Effect of Catheter Ablation vs Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy on Mortality, Stroke, Bleeding, and Cardiac Arrest Among Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: The CABANA Randomized Clinical Trial
IMPORTANCE:
Catheter ablation is effective in restoring sinus rhythm in atrial fibrillation (AF), but its effects on long-term mortality and stroke risk are uncertain.
OBJECTIVE:
To determine whether catheter ablation is more effective than conventional medical therapy for...
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Effect of Catheter Ablation vs Medical Therapy on Quality of Life Among Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: The CABANA Randomized Clinical Trial
IMPORTANCE:
Catheter ablation is more effective than drug therapy in restoring sinus rhythm in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), but its incremental effect on long-term quality of life (QOL) is uncertain.
OBJECTIVE:
To determine whether catheter ablation is more...
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Reducing Risk for Patients on Long-Term Opioids
Safer prescribing of opioids: algorithm for managing patients already receiving long-term opioids.
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