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Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: Screening

Author/s: Carol M. Mangione, MD, MSPH

Anxiety disorder, a common mental health condition in the US, comprises a group of related conditions characterized by excessive fear or worry that present as emotional and physical symptoms. The 2018-2019 National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) found that 7.8% of children and adolescents...

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anxiety Anxiety disorders adolescent adolescent psychiatry preventative care USPSTF

Living Systematic Review on Cannabis and Other Plant-Based Treatments for Chronic Pain

Author/s: McDonagh, M. S., Wagner, J., Ahmed, A. Y., Fu, R., Morasco, B., Kansagara, D., Chou, R.

In an effort to address the opioid epidemic, a prominent goal of current research is to identify alternative treatments with equal or better benefits for pain while avoiding potential unintended consequences that could result in harms.

This 'living' systematic review assesses the...

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Policy Goals chronic pain cannabis use opiod misuse

Migraine — Treatment and Preventive Therapies

Author/s: Armand, C.E., Loder, E., Ropper, A. H.

In this instructional video, Drs. Cynthia Armand and Elizabeth Loder discuss the clinical presentation and pathophysiology of migraine and treatment options for patients.

This video provides essential and useful information for any clinician caring for patients with this common condition...

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migraine treatment preventative therapies injectable monoclonal antibodies patient care treatment

Confidently rule out CAP in the outpatient setting

Author/s: Mott, T., Echeverri, D., Fondren, L., Hunter, A.

A focus on specific signs and symptoms-without imaging-may rule out community-acquired pneumonia in outpatients.
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Physician-Patient Relations Health Status risk assessment community-acquired pneumonia outpatients

A Hitchhiker's Guide to Worldwide COVID-19 Vaccinations: A Detailed Review of Monovalent and Bivalent Vaccine Schedules, COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effects, and Effectiveness Against Omicron and Delta Variants

Author/s: Goyal, L., Zapata, M., Ajmera, K., Churasia, P., Pandit, R., Pandit, T.

For the primary prevention of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), there are currently four different vaccines available in the USA. These are Pfizer (messenger RNA [mRNA]), Moderna (mRNA), Novavax (recombinant protein), and Jansen/Johnson & Johnson (adenoviral vector). All individuals...

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Cost-Benefit Analysis COVID-19 vaccination counseling primary prevention

Screening for Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement

Author/s: US Preventative Services task Force, Mangione, C. M., Barry, M. J., Nicholson, W. K., Cabana, M., Chelmow, D., Coker, T. R., Davis, E. M., Donahue, K. E., Jaén, C. R., Kubik, M., Li, L., Ogedegbe, G., Pbert, L., Ruiz, J. M., Stevermer, J., Wong, B. J.

Importance: Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection that can progress through different stages (primary, secondary, latent, and tertiary) and cause serious health problems if left untreated. Reported cases of primary and secondary syphilis in the US increased from a record low of 2.1 cases...

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Syphilis secondary STDs adolescent adult male female syphilis

A challenging diagnosis: hereditary angioedema presenting during pregnancy

Author/s: Chair, I., Lacuesta, G., Nash, C. M., Cook, V.

• Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a rare autosomal dominant
disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of painful (and
usually asymmetric) swelling without urticaria that leads to
substantial morbidity and even mortality (in the case of
laryngeal involvement) if left...

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abdominal pain Morbidity diagnosis, differential Hereditary angioedema (HAE) female

Conservative interventions for treating urinary incontinence in women: an Overview of Cochrane systematic reviews

Author/s: Todhunter-Brown, A., Hazelton, ,C., Campbell, P., Elders, A., Hagen, S., McClurg, D.

Background: Urinary incontinence (UI) is the involuntary loss of urine and can be caused by several different conditions. The common types of UI are stress (SUI), urgency (UUI) and mixed (MUI). A wide range of interventions can be delivered to reduce the symptoms of UI in women. Conservative...

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weight loss stress urinary incontinence urgency urinary incontinence mixed urinary incontinence quality of life

Use of Recommended Health Care Measures to Prevent Selected Complications of Sickle Cell Anemia in Children and Adolescents — Selected U.S. States, 2019

Author/s: Schieve, L. A., Simmons, G. M., Payne, A. B., Abe, K., Hsu, L. L., Hulihan, M., Pope, S., Rhie, S., Dupervil, B., Hooper, W. C.

Introduction: Sickle cell disease (SCD), a group of inherited blood cell disorders that primarily affects Black or African American persons, is associated with severe complications and a >20-year reduction in life expectancy. In 2014, an expert panel convened by the National Heart, Lung, and...

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health personnel African Americans medicaid child blood cells

The Management of Major Depressive Disorder: Synopsis of the 2022 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guideline

Author/s: McQuaid, J. R., Buelt, A., Capaldi, V., Fuller, M., Issa, F., Lang, A. E., Hoge, C., Sall, J., Wiechers, I. R., Williams, S.

Abstract
Description: In February 2022, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) approved a joint clinical practice guideline (CPG) for the management of major depressive disorder (MDD). This synopsis summarizes key recommendations.

Methods:...

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Department of Veterans Affairs veterans Department of Defense Algorithms alternative therapies

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