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Behavioral Interventions in Adults for Weight Loss or Weight Loss Maintenance
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force evaluated the risks and benefits of interventions for weight loss and weight loss maintenance to prevent complications from obesity. Panelists found a moderate net benefit from weight loss-intensive behavioral interventions.
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PrabotulinumtoxinA-xvfs Injection (Jeuveau)
PrabotulinumtoxinA-xvfs is indicated for temporary improvement in the appearance of moderate to severe glabellar lines associated with corrugator and/or procerus muscle activity in adults.
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Ripples From Original WHI Study Results Continue: Is This Appropriate?
Recommendations for menopausal hormone therapy were widely publicized and adopted following the original publication of the results of the Women’s Health Initiative, affecting both initiation and continuation of estrogen therapy through at least 2013.
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Dual Antiplatelet Therapy With Cilostazol for Secondary Stroke Prevention (LB3)
In a recent trial, patients treated with dual antiplatelet therapy combining cilostazol with either aspirin or clopidogrel were at a lower risk of ischemic stroke recurrence and at a similar risk of significant bleeding compared to patients treated with aspirin or clopidogrel alone.
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IV to Oral Conversion of Antibiotic Therapy for Bacteremia Due to Enterobacteriaceae
Oral step-down antibiotic therapy (IV to oral conversion) is safe and effective in patients with bloodstream infection due to Enterobacteriaceae.
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Rethinking the Prophylactic Use of Proton Pump Inhibitors in the ICU
The authors of this multicenter, blinded, randomized trial found that among critically ill adults at risk for gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding, fewer patients in the pantoprazole group exhibited clinically important GI bleeding compared to placebo, although mortality at 90 days was similar in both groups.
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An Update to the Management of Atrial Fibrillation
This focused update to the 2014 guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation (AF) includes revisions to anticoagulation recommendations and the role of catheter ablation of AF in patients with heart failure.
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Are the Changes Acute?
Imagine the ECG in the figure was obtained from a previously healthy, middle-aged man who presented to an ambulatory clinic for “indigestion.” How might one interpret the ECG?
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Caplacizumab-yhdp for Injection (Cablivi)
Caplacizumab-yhdp is indicated for the treatment of acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in combination with plasma exchange and immunosuppressive therapy.
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Homeless Population Requires Hepatitis A Vaccination
A multistate outbreak of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection in the homeless and/or drug-using population has prompted the United States Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to add “homelessness” as an indication for HAV vaccination. This is in addition to existing indications for HAV vaccination of men who have sex with men and illicit drug users (with the exception of marijuana use).