Author/s: Johns, Peter, Quinn, James
• Assess patients with vertigo for focal neurologic signs and symptoms, sustained substantial headache or neck pain, inability to stand and spontaneous vertical nystagmus.
• Perform the Dix–Hallpike test only for patients with episodes of vertigo less than 2 minutes and no nystagmus at...
Author/s: US Preventative Services task Force
Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of disease, disability, and death in the US. In 2014, it was estimated that 480 000 deaths annually are attributed to cigarette smoking, including second hand smoke exposure. Smoking during pregnancy can increase the risk of numerous adverse pregnancy...
Author/s: Syr, Sancta St., Lindley, Barbee, Workowski, Kimberly A., Bachmann, Laura, Pham, Cau, Schlanger, Karen, Torrone, Elizabeth
Author/s: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Author/s: Johns, Peter, Quinn, James
Author/s: Wharton, Sean, Lau, David, Vallis, Michael, Sharma, Arya, Biertho, Laurent, Campbell-Scherer, Denise, Adamo, Kristi
Author/s: Madhukar H., Walker, Robrina, Ling, Walter, Cruz, Adriane, Sharma, Guarav, Carmody, Thomas, Ghitza, Udi, Wahle, Aimee, Kim, Mora, Shores-Wilson, Kathy, Sparenborg, Steven, Coffin, Phillip
BACKGROUND
The use of naltrexone plus bupropion to treat methamphetamine use disorder has not been well studied.
METHODS
We conducted this multisite, double-blind, two-stage, placebo-controlled trial with the use of a sequential parallel comparison design to evaluate the...
Author/s: Choudhury, Parichita, Boeve, Bradley F., Ramanan, Vijay K
A 64-year-old man presented with concern about an abnormal genetic test result for apolipoprotein E (APOE) obtained through his primary care physician. He reported forgetfulness and word-finding difficulties for 3 years but performed all activities of daily living independently and was...
Author/s: Lofwall, Michelle R., Walsh, Sharon L., Nunes, Edward V., Bailey, Genie L., Sigmon, Stacey C., Kampman, Kyle M., Frost, Michael, Tiberg, Fredrik, Linden, Marareta, Sheldon, Behshad, Oosman, Sonia, Peterson, Stefan, Chen, Michael, Kim, Sonnie
Importance: Buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder may be improved by sustained-release formulations.
Objective: To determine whether treatment involving novel weekly and monthly subcutaneous (SC) buprenorphine depot formulations is noninferior...
Author/s: Garland, Eric L., Brintz, Carrie E., Hanley, Adam W., Roseen, Eric J., Atchley, Rachel M., Gaylord, Susan A., Faurot, Keturah R., Yaffe, Joanne, Fiander, Michelle, Keefe, Francis J.
Importance: Mind-body therapies (MBTs) are emerging as potential tools for addressing the opioid crisis. Knowing whether mind-body therapies may benefit patients treated with opioids for acute, procedural, and chronic pain conditions may be useful for prescribers, payers, policy...