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Does long-term coffee intake lower BP?
Meta-analysis evaluates the association between long-term coffee intake and risk for hypertension.
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Longer-duration antibiotics: do they actually help in acute sore throat?
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Meta-analysis shows association between noise exposure and hypertension
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Does high vitamin D intake improve lipid profile?
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Can cognitive behavioural therapy be beneficial for depression in heart failure patients?
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Is cinnamon supplementation good for lowering cholesterol?
- Univadis Medical News
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Blood donation criteria in England revised
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Midlifers willing to adopt a healthy lifestyle for reducing dementia risk
- The Lancet
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Current updates on Coeliac disease
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- International Medical Press
Third of trainee GPs plan to leave NHS within 6 months
- International Medical Press
Proposed cuts to sexual health services deemed ‘unsafe’
- International Medical Press
Government to cover rising GP indemnity fees
- International Medical Press
Type 2 diabetes in children on the rise
- International Medical Press
UKSTSG training report gets mixed response
- International Medical Press
More than 4m patients await surgery in England
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- JAMA Oncology
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Durvalumab demonstrates favourable clinical activity against locally advanced/ metastatic urothelial cancer
Phase 1/2 open-label study reveals durvalumab could be an attractive alternative to chemotherapy in urothelial cancer
- Clinical Essentials from Gen Hosp Psychiatry
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Anxiety and opioid misuse go hand-in-hand
Clinicians should keep an eye on this patient population.
- Monthly Essentials
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Heart Disease: Monthly Essentials August 2017
Embolic protection devices not so protective | The most effective HFpEF drugs | Aspirin, HF, and some Nietzsche.
- Clinical Essentials from PLoS One
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Bacteremic CAP: early positive blood culture is ominous
First study addressing the issue of early TTP in pneumococcal pneumonia.
- Clinical Essentials from JAMA
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Does intensive lifestyle intervention enhance standard care in recent-onset type 2 diabetes?
Some possible benefit for some patients in the first decade after diagnosis.
- Clinical Essentials from J Am Acad Dermatol
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Meta-analysis ties psoriasis to suicide risk
Risk is higher in younger patients and those with more severe disease.
- Univadis Medical News
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Consuming energy-dense food may increase obesity-related cancer risk in people of normal weight
Experts suggest that higher dietary energy density in normal-weight women may lead to metabolic dysregulation independent of body weight.
- Univadis Medical News
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"Robust association" found for e-cigarette use and smoking in adolescents
E-cigarette use is a greater risk factor for starting smoking in those with no smoking friends than for those who had a friendship network where most smoked.
- Univadis Medical News
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Acupuncture and electrotherapy reduce opioid use after knee replacement
The new study has also identified poorer quality evidence for interventions such as cryotherapy.
- Univadis Medical News
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Patient participation in hand hygiene initiatives should not be seen as a threat
Almost half of physicians feel patients should not be offering reminders to perform hand hygiene.
- Clinical Essentials from Eur Neurol
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Parkinson's disease: meta-analysis confirms efficacy of adjuvant entecapone
Adding entecapone to levodopa reduces motor fluctuation in later disease.
- Clinical Essentials from Neurology
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Myasthenia gravis: SQ immunoglobulin quells exacerbations
Self-administered injection shows promise in phase 3 trial.
- Clinical Essentials from Pain Med
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Does methylnaltrexone have long-term consequences?
Prior data suggested µ-opioid receptor antagonists may lead to cardiac events.
- Clinical Essentials from J. Rheumatol
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Rheumatoid arthritis: is baricitinib safe in the long term?
Results from an open-label extension trial.