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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 5)A widely approved vaccine for meningitis may provide up to 40% protection against gonorrhea in young adults and adolescents, according to new research. This moderate efficacy paired with a targeted risk-based approach...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 5)Oral tebipenem pivoxil hydrobromide (TBP-PI-HBr) offers a safe and effective strategy for treating patients with complicated urinary tract infections, according to a new study. "No new oral antibiotic alternative has...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 5)Bariatric surgery can reduce the risk of long-term cardiovascular outcomes in older Medicare beneficiaries with obesity, a large new observational study in which a third of the patients were over age 65 years suggests....
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 5)CARDIOVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS are uncommon for children and young adults after COVID-19 disease or SARS-CoV-2 infection, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association. However, the...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 5)A 35-year-old man comes to clinic for evaluation of new, severe headaches. He reports that these started 3 days ago. His headache is worse when he stands, and resolves when he lies down. Valsalva maneuver makes the...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 5)People who use phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE5Is), a class of medications most often prescribed for erectile dysfunction, may run an increased risk of vision-threatening ocular conditions, researchers say....
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 5)WASHINGTON--Patients with type 2 diabetes and established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease treated with both a sodium-glucose transporter 2 inhibitor and a glucagonlike peptide-1 receptor agonist had a significant...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 5)A NEW STUDY SUGGESTS that prolonged use of antibiotics in midlife is related to cognitive decline several years down the road. For the study, published online, in PLoS ONE (2022 Mar 23. doi:...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 5)Not so fast! Daily fasting with calorie restriction may not lead to shedding more pounds than just cutting back on calories, according to the authors of a new study. Over the course of a year, study participants who...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 5)New data from two different sources on cardiac complications linked to COVID-19 have shown that such issues are low overall but are higher after infection than after vaccination. The new information comes from the...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 5)DENVER--An investigational once-daily oral neuroactive steroid is linked to significant improvement in quality of life (QoL) and well-being in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), new research shows. In a...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 5)A network meta-analysis of 42 clinical trials concludes that rosuvastatin, simvastatin, and atorvastatin are the statins most effective at lowering non-high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL-C) in people with...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 5)Approximately one in five patients who presented with headache during the acute phase of COVID-19 developed chronic daily headache, according to a study published in Cephalalgia (2022 Feb 15. doi:...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 5)The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has posted draft recommendations on screening for depression and anxiety in children and adolescents. For the first time, the USPSTF is recommending screening children ages 8 and...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 5)Difficult economic times and the unpredictable consequences of health care reform are making an increasing number of solo practitioners and small private groups very nervous. Yet, many balk at the prospect of selling to...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 5)Approximately 20% of sexually active high schoolers reported testing for a sexually transmitted infection in the previous year, based on data from 2,501 respondents to the 2019 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Data...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 5)The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has published a final recommendation statement on aspirin use to prevent cardiovascular disease. The statement advises against starting aspirin for the primary prevention of...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 5)A weight-loss program can lead to type 2 diabetes remission, even in individuals with a normal body mass index, via loss of body fat, particularly in the liver and pancreas, shows a U.K. study. The ReTUNE trial, funded...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 5)An analysis at a large academic health system suggests that universal screening might help to reduce problematic disparities in depression treatment. The study began soon after the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 5)Physical fitness has been linked to a lower risk of Alzheimer's disease, but even moderate levels of cardiorespiratory fitness offer some protection, new findings suggest. "One exciting finding of this study is that, as...