Newer non-oral hormonal contraception
This practice article outlines what newer non-oral hormonal contraceptive methods are available, and evaluates their relative safety and efficacy.
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Among patients admitted to hospital with acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia, exposure to higher levels of income inequality was associated with increased risk of readmission but...
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Pulmonary embolism is one manifestation of venous thromboembolism, the other being deep vein thrombosis. Pulmonary embolism occurs when a deep vein thrombosis breaks free, passes through the right side...
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Stuart Schembri and colleagues study the association of clarithromycin with cardiovascular events in the setting of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and community acquired...
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This systematic review and meta-analyses provide the most comprehensive synthesis to date of the large body of evidence that increasing potassium intake reduces blood pressure in adults and that an...
View ArticleDelirium in older adults
The authors discuss the case of an 80 year old woman diagnosed as having delirium and explain why the condition is easily missed.
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