Friday, July 08, 2022

USPSTF updates recommendations on vitamin and mineral supplements

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  The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force found inadequate evidence to make recommendations about most vitamins and minerals for primary dis...
Thursday, October 08, 2020

Proton Pump Inhibitor Therapy in Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Predictors of Nonresponse

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Ryan Alexander, Jeffrey A Alexander et al. Dig Dis Sci. 2020 Sep 29 [Epub ahead of print] BACKGROUND Identification of clinical predictors o...
Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Gastric bypass induces diabetes remission in obese patients

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WASHINGTON (IMNG) – Gastric bypass surgery resulted in significantly more weight loss and also improved measures of glycemic control signi...
Monday, August 24, 2020

Can the Experience of Discrimination Increase Hypertension Risk?

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New insights from the Jackson Heart Study link lifetime discrimination and risk for hypertension in African-Americans. In the U.S., Black pe...
Tuesday, December 31, 2019

FDA MedWatch: Gabapentin and Pregabalin Linked to Respiratory Depression Risk

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(FDA)—Serious respiratory depression may occur in pts using gabapentin (Neurontin, Gralise, Horizant) or pregabalin (Lyrica, Lyrica CR)...

Aspirin Use Linked to Reduced Mortality in Older Adults

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PubMed)—Compared w/ nonusers, older adults who used aspirin ≥3x/wk had lower rates of mortality related to all causes (hazard ratio [HR...
Sunday, June 10, 2018

Infection rates after colonoscopy, endoscopy at US specialty centers are far higher than expected

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The rates of infection following colonoscopies and upper-GI endoscopies performed at U.S. outpatient specialty centers are far higher than p...
Friday, June 08, 2018

Head Games: VR Measures Link Between Endoscopy Performance and Physician Stress

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When we use the words “tense up” or “freeze” to describe physical reactions to stress, we may be on the right track in describing how phy...