BACKGROUND:
The consequences of influenza in adults are mainly time off work. Vaccination of pregnant women is recommended internationally. This is an update of a review published in 2014. Future updates of this review will be made only when new trials or vaccines become available....
Porphyromonas gingivalis, the keystone pathogen in chronic periodontitis, was identified in the brain of Alzheimer’s disease patients. Toxic proteases from the bacterium called gingipains were also identified in the brain of Alzheimer’s patients, and levels correlated with tau and...
An update for clinicians on the role of low-dose aspirin for prevention of cardiiovascular events from the Healthy Hearts for OK project.
An update for clinicians on the role of blood pressure for prevention of cardiiovascular events from the Healthy Hearts for OK project.
An update for clinicians on the use of statins to prevent cardiiovascular events from the Healthy Hearts for OK project.
An update for clinicians on the importance of smoking cessation for the prevention of cardiiovascular events from the Healthy Hearts for OK project.
BACKGROUND:
Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of vitamin D to prevent COPDexacerbations have yielded conflicting results.Individual participant data meta-analysis could identify factors that explain this variation.
METHODS:
PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Central Register of ...
New evidence can help clinicians, caretakers, and others weigh the benefits and harms of antipsychotic treatment for children and adolescents.
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...
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...
