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    Objective To determine if using a parachute prevents death or major traumatic injury when jumping from an aircraft. Design Randomized controlled trial. Setting Private or commercial aircraft between September 2017 and August 2018. Participants 92 aircraft passengers aged 18 and over were screened for participation. 23 agreed to be enrolled and were randomized. Intervention Jumping from an…

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    Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) affects about 4 million Americans each year, and is a common cause of gastrointestinal bleeding and abdominal pain requiring hospital admission. The most common causes of PUD are NSAID overuse and H. pylori infection (for the remarkable story of how we know H. pylori causes stomach ulcers, go here), and the best way to diagnose it is via endoscopy. This involves…

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