Clinical bottom line
There is good evidence that duloxetine at doses of 60 or 120 mg daily helps some people with painful diabetic neuropathy or fibromyalgia. The NNT for one person to have at least 50% pain relief is about 6. Nausea, somnolence constipation and reduced...
Introduction
To successfully manage their health, people must be able “to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions.” Known as health literacy, this ability involves using reading, writing, verbal,...
Objectives
To evaluate the effect of inhaler education programs on clinical outcomes and exacerbation rates in older adults with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Design
Systematic review and meta‐analysis.
Setting and Participants
Older...
Pediatric healthcare update from OUHSC Family Medicine Grand Rounds.
American Academy of Family Physicians Checklist to Prepare Physicians' Offices for Pandemic Influenza.
Intimate partner violence and abuse of older or vulnerable adults are common in the United States but often remain undetected. Although estimates vary, IPV (including sexual violence, physical violence, and stalking) is experienced by approximately 36% of US women and 33% of US men during their...
This is a summary of a systematic review evaluating the evidence regarding the comparative accuracy (the balance of sensitivity and specificity) and possible adverse consequences (both direct and indirect) of various methods used to diagnose celiac disease. The systematic review included 60...
Focus
This is a summary of a systematic review that evaluated the recent evidence regarding the accuracy of diagnostic tests and the effectiveness of interventions for preventing and treating...
IMPORTANCE:
Increased hydration is often recommended as a preventive measure for womenwith recurrent cystitis, but supportive data are sparse.
OBJECTIVE:
To assess the efficacy of increased daily water intake on the frequency of recurrent cystitis in premenopausal women....
Background
Pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) is the most commonly used physical therapy treatment for women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI). It is sometimes also recommended for mixed urinary incontinence (MUI) and, less commonly, urgency urinary incontinence (UUI).
This...
