Objectives: Identify and abstract data from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to update the PTSD Trials Standardized Data Repository (PTSD-Repository) with data on PTSD and mental health, including suicide-related outcomes and substance use.
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Health supervision for children with Down syndrome
These guidelines are designed to assist the pediatrician in caring for the child in whom a diagnosis of Down syndrome has been confirmed by chromosome analysis. Although a pediatrician's initial contact with the child is usually during infancy, occasionally the pregnant woman who has been given...
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Hormone Therapy in Postmenopausal Persons: Primary Prevention of Chronic Conditions
Importance: Menopause is defined as the cessation of a person's menstrual cycle. It is defined retrospectively, 12 months after the final menstrual period. Perimenopause, or the menopausal transition, is the few-year time period preceding a person's final menstrual period and is characterized by...
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A review on oral manifestations of COVID-19 disease
COVID-19, a multi-system-affecting disease presents with an extensive clinical spectrum, ranging from no symptoms at all to fatal lung involvement. Several orofacial manifestations have also been reported, among which dysgeusia is one of the earliest reported symptoms. Several other...
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Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Adolescents with Obesity
BACKGROUND
A once-weekly, 2.4-mg dose of subcutaneous semaglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, is used to treat obesity in adults, but assessment of the drug in adolescents has been lacking.
METHODS
In this double-blind, parallel-group, randomized, placebo-...
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Looking Back, Looking Forward: Current Medications and Innovative Potential Medications to Treat Alcohol Use Disorder
This article is part of a Festschrift commemorating the 50th anniversary of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). Established in 1970, first as part of the National Institute of Mental Health and later as an independent institute of the National Institutes of Health,...
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A “no-biopsy” approach to diagnosing celiac disease
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CONSIDER A “NO-BIOPSY” APPROACH BY EVALUATING SERUM IMMUNOGLOBULIN (IG) A ANTI-TISSUE TRANSGLUTAMINASE (TTG-IGA) ANTIBODY TITERS IN ADULT PATIENTS WHO PRESENT WITH SYMPTOMS CONCERNING FOR CELIAC DISEASE (CD). AN INCREASE OF ≥ 10 TIMES THE UPPER LIMIT OF NORMAL (ULN) FOR...
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Sacral Neuromodulation for Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction
BACKGROUND
Neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction (NLUTD) is a highly prevalent and disabling condition; nevertheless, standard treatments often remain unsatisfactory. Sacral neuromodulation (SNM) is a well-established therapy for non-NLUTD, but there is a lack of randomized controlled...
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Prune Juice Containing Sorbitol, Pectin, and Polyphenol Ameliorates Subjective Complaints and Hard Feces While Normalizing Stool in Chronic Constipation: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial
Introduction: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of prune juice on chronic constipation.
Methods: We conducted a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial in Japanese subjects with chronic constipation.
Results: Prune intake significantly decreased...
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Acid Suppression and Antibiotics Administered During Infancy Are Associated with Celiac Disease
Objective
To investigate why certain at-risk individuals develop celiac disease, we examined the association of proton pump inhibitors (PPI), histamine-2 receptor antagonist (H2RA), and antibiotic prescriptions in the first six months of life with an early childhood diagnosis of celiac...
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