Author/s: McCurry, Susan M., Zhu, Weiwei, Von Korff, Michael, Wellman, Robert, Morin, Charles M., Thakral, Manu, Yeung, Kai, Vitiello, Michael V.
Importance: Scalable delivery models of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), an effective treatment, are needed for widespread implementation, particularly in rural and underserved populations lacking ready access to insomnia treatment.
Objective: ...
Author/s: US Preventive Services Task Force
Importance: Carotid artery stenosis is atherosclerotic disease that affects extracranial carotid arteries. Asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis refers to stenosis in persons without a history of ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack, or other neurologic symptoms referable...
Author/s: Longo, Umile G., Ambrogioni, Laura R., Candela, Vincenzo, Berton, Alessandra, Carnevale, Arianna, Schena, Emiliano, Denaro, Vincenzo
Background: This study aims to compare conservative versus surgical management for patients with full-thickness RC tear in terms of clinical and structural outcomes at 1 and 2 years of follow-up.
Methods: A comprehensive search of CENTRAL, MEDLINE, EMBASE...
Author/s: Primeau, Codie A., Birmingham, Trevor B., Leitch, Kristyn M., Willits, Kevin R., Litchfield, Robert B., Fowler, Peter J., Marsh, Jacquelyn D., Chesworth, Bert M., Dixon, Stephanie N., Bryant, Dianne M., Giffin, J. Robert
BACKGROUND: An important aim of high tibial osteotomy (HTO) is to prevent or delay the need for total knee replacement (TKR). We sought to estimate the frequency and timing of conversion from HTO to TKR and the factors associated with it.
METHODS: We...
Author/s: Miller, Benjamin F., Coffery, M. J.
- Suicide rates have been rising during the past several years, but suicide is preventable.
- There are many known risk factors for suicide, but the predictive utility of any single risk factor is low, requiring a focus on population-level rather than individual-level prevention....
Author/s: Brown, William D., Baird, Janette, Kriz, Peter K.
Objective: To determine whether a non-proprietary, novel testing battery can identify recently concussed children within 8 weeks of injury.
Study design: In total, 568 clinic outpatients aged 10-18 years were sorted into 3 groups: 316 had never been...
Author/s: Shimabukuro, T., Nair, N.
On December 11, 2020, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine, administered as 2 doses separated by 21 days....
Author/s: Takeuchi, Mitsuru, McDonald, Jennifer S., Takahashi, Naoki, Frank, Igor, Thompson, R. H., King, Bernard F., Kawashima, Akira
Abstract
Objective
To calculate the prevalence of renal cell carcinoma (RCC), upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (UT-UC), and lower urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (LT-UC) in patients with gross asymptomatic microhematuria (AMH) and symptomatic microhematuria (SMH).
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Author/s: Trivedi, Madhukar H., Walker, Robrina, Ling, Walter, Dela Cruz, Adriane, Sharma, Gaurav, Carmody, Thomas, Ghitza, Udi E., Wahle, Aimee, Kim, Mora, Shores-Wilson, Kathy, Sparenborg, Steven, Coffin, Philip, Schmitz, Joy, Wiest, Katharina, Bart, Gavin, Sonne, Susan C., Wakhlu, Sidarth, Rush, A.J., Nunes, Edward V., Shoptaw, Steven
BACKGROUND
The use of naltrexone plus bupropion to treat methamphetamine use disorder has not been well studied.
METHODS
We conducted this multisite, double-blind, two-stage, placebo-controlled trial with the use of a sequential parallel comparison design to evaluate the...
Author/s: Choudhury, Parichita, Ramanan, Vijay K., Boeve, Bradley F.
A 64-year-old man presented with concern about an abnormal genetic test result for apolipoprotein E (APOE) obtained through his primary care physician. He reported forgetfulness and word-finding difficulties for 3 years but performed all activities of daily living independently and was generally...