Clinical Briefs in Primary Care
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Exercise-induced Rhabdomyolysis
Patients who decide to choose spinning (cycling) as their exercise method must be cautioned to build exercise intensity gradually.
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Efficacy of Mandibular Advancement Devices vs. CPAP
Authors a recent paper recommended that continuous positive airway pressure should remain the first-line treatment for most patients, perhaps because the studies employing mandibular advancement devices have been restricted to less severe obstructive sleep apnea cases.
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Cardiovascular Consequences of Weight Gain
Clinicians should be vigilant to offer patients with coronary disease advice about optimal weight management.
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Liraglutide for Prevention of Diabetes
Liraglutide is the newest agent to be added to the list of successful agents for combating diabetes.
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Surgical Replacement: Younger vs. Older Knees and Hips
Data suggest that clinicians inform potential subjects of the greater likelihood for repeat surgery if initial replacement surgery is performed on patients < 70 years of age.
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Spinal Manipulation for Low Back Pain
Whether the degree of pain reduction attributed to spinal manipulation therapy reported here will satisfy many clinicians is questionable.
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Choices in Addressing Postprandial Glucose Elevations
The philosophy of 'fix the fasting first' seems both physiologically and functionally sound when initially addressing elevated A1c levels.
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What Is ‘Syndemics’?
Hopefully, as policymakers become more aware of the wisdom of addressing public health issues from the perspective of syndemics, improved outcomes will occur.
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What if COPD Exacerbation Was Pulmonary Embolism?
One hopes that awareness of pulmonary embolism as a cause of COPD exacerbations will be considered more routinely.
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Health Consequences of What We Eat vs. What We Should Eat
In a recent analysis, the single largest contributor to cardiometabolic deaths was high intake of sodium, which has been variously associated with hypertension and heart failure.