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Mashup Score: 0Cardiology - 2 day(s) ago
Taking aspirin within four hours of severe chest pain onset and continuing treatment for 28 days after an acute myocardial infarction delayed 13,016 deaths annually, even after accounting for 963 deaths due to bleeding, researchers estimated.
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Mashup Score: 0Test yourself - 2 day(s) ago
A 45-year-old woman is evaluated at follow-up for abnormal alkaline phosphatase levels on three previous blood tests. She has mild pruritus. She has no family history of liver disease. Following a physical exam and other tests, what is the most appropriate diagnostic test to perform next?
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Mashup Score: 0Smoking cessation - 2 day(s) ago
Raising doses of varenicline or nicotine replacement therapy increased abstinence rates in patients for whom an initial dose of varenicline or combined nicotine replacement therapy was ineffective, a two-part trial found.
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Mashup Score: 0Smoking cessation - 2 day(s) ago
Raising doses of varenicline or nicotine replacement therapy increased abstinence rates in patients for whom an initial dose of varenicline or combined nicotine replacement therapy was ineffective, a two-part trial found.
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Mashup Score: 0Patient safety - 2 day(s) ago
Seven percent of outpatients experienced at least one adverse event, with drug events being the most common (63.8%), followed by health care-associated infections (14.8%) and surgical or procedural events (14.2%), according to an analysis of Massachusetts clinics.
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Mashup Score: 2I.M. Matters from ACP - 2 day(s) ago
I.M. Matters from ACP provides news and information for internal medicine physicians about the practice of medicine and reports on the policies, products, and activities of ACP.
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Mashup Score: 0Pearls for lower-extremity cellulitis - 3 day(s) ago
A simple hands-on physical test can help rule out cellulitis in favor of other diagnoses.
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Mashup Score: 0Women's health rights drive expansion of ACP policy - 6 day(s) ago
ACP’s positions on women’s health policy have grown from a few paragraphs into position papers, policies, and most importantly, progress.
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Mashup Score: 0Making strides to stamp out HCV - 7 day(s) ago
While there’s a goal of eliminating viral hepatitis globally by 2030, reports indicate a disproportionately high rate of infection and death in the United States among medically underserved populations.
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Mashup Score: 0Continue BP control, maintain benefits - 8 day(s) ago
Helping patients maintain normal blood pressure over the long haul pays off in cardiovascular and other health benefits, yet studies show that U.S. adults continue to backslide.
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