This JAMA Patient Page describes the use of cardiac computed tomography scans to look for calcium in the coronary arteries as a predictor of future atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease events.
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What Is a Pacemaker?
This JAMA Patient Page describes the body’s heart rhythm and the role of electronic pacemaker devices in maintaining heart rhythm for patients with certain conditions.
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Reframing Micronutrient Deficiencies for Modern times: A Review
Micronutrient deficiencies are often discounted in as an entity of the past when access to quality nutrition was scarce. However modern-day conditions such as hemodialysis, complex medication interactions, parenteral nutrition, gastrointestinal resections, institutional living, and substance use...
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Uveitis in Adults
Importance: Uveitis is characterized by inflammation of the uvea—the middle portion of the eye composed of the iris, ciliary body, and choroid—causing eye redness, pain, photophobia, floaters, and blurred vision. Untreated uveitis may cause cataracts, glaucoma, macular edema, retinal detachment...
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Metformin for Knee Osteoarthritis in Patients With Overweight or Obesity: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Importance: Preclinical and preliminary human evidence suggests that metformin, a first-line treatment for type 2 diabetes, reduces inflammation, preserves cartilage, and improves knee pain in knee osteoarthritis.
Objective: To evaluate the effects of metformin on knee pain at 6 months in...
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Diverticulitis in Older Adults: A Review of Etiology, Diagnosis, and Management
Background: Diverticulitis accounts for over 300,000 hospitalizations annually in the United States and its incidence increases with age. Among older adults, diverticulitis is the fourth leading cause for emergency surgery. Older adults with multimorbidity and geriatric syndromes are often...
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Clinical Validation of a Vaginal Cervical Cancer Screening Self-Collection Method for At-Home Use: A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial
Importance: One-quarter of US women who are at risk for cervical cancer delay screening. Self-collected (SC) cervical screening was recently US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved in the US for use in a health care setting only; an at-home SC option is crucial to address clinic-related...
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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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