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Noninvasive Nonpharmacological Treatment for Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review

Author/s: Skelly, Andrea C., Chou, Roger, Dettori, Joseph R., Turner, Judith A., Friedly, Janna L., Rundell, Sean D., Fu, Rongwei, Brodt, Erika D., Wasson, Ngoc, Winter, Cassandra, Ferguson, Aaron J. R.

Objectives. Many interventions are available to manage chronic pain; understanding the durability of treatment effects may assist with treatment selection. We sought to assess which noninvasive nonpharmacological treatments for selected chronic pain conditions are associated...

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chronic pain nonpharmacological treatment noninvasive treatment

The Role of Immunotherapy in the Treatment of Asthma

Author/s: Lin, Sandra Y., Azar, Antoine, Suarez-Cuervo, Catalina, Diette, Gregory B., Brigham, Emily, Rice, Jessica, Ramanathan, Murugappan Jr., Gayleard, Jessica, Robinson, Karen A.

Objectives. To evaluate the efficacy and safety of subcutaneous immunotherapy (SCIT) and sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) in the treatment of allergic asthma.

Data Sources. We searched PubMed, Embase, and CENTRAL through May 8, 2017.

Methods...

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asthma SLIT SCIT subcutaneous immunotherapy sublingual immunotherapy

Efficacy and safety of statin therapy in older people: a meta-analysis of individual participant data from 28 randomised controlled trials

Author/s: Cholesterol Treatment Trialists' Collaboration

BACKGROUND:

Statin therapy has been shown to reduce major vascular events and vascular mortality in a wide range of individuals, but there is uncertainty about its efficacy and safetyamong older people. We undertook a meta-analysis of data from all large statin trials to compare the...

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statin statin therapy cholesterol, LDL

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